Father and youth football coach, 48, ‘filmed dozens of hours of footage showing himself raping boys’
- Derek Sheehan, 48, from Massachusetts, charged with raping children, and producing and possessing child pornography
- Police began looking into Sheehan in June when a child under 14 came forward accusing him of sex assault
- When police searched his home and seized his electronic devices, they allegedly founds dozens of hours of video showing child rape
- Sheehan’s iPhone was allegedly found to contain child porn, in which so of the children appeared to be sleeping
Vile crimes: Derek Sheehan, 48, a father and youth coach from Massachusetts, has been charged with raping children, and producing and possessing child pornography
A Massachusetts father and former football coach has been arrested for allegedly raping young boys and recording the sexual assaults on video.
Derek Sheehan, 48, of Norwell, was arrested last week and later arraigned on three counts of aggravated rape of a child, three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 years of age, three counts of pose/exhibit in sexual act, three counts of photograph sexual or intimate parts of child and four counts of possessing child pornography.
Sheehan has been ordered held without bail pending his next court appearance on October 15.
Police began investigating Sheehan in June after a child under the age of 14 came forward accusing the man of sexual assault that allegedly took place in August 2017.
On August 17, police executed a search warrant at Sheehan’s home on Spring Brook Drive in Norwell and seized the suspect’s cellphone, as well as other electronic devices.
When investigators reviewed the contents of the devices, including an external hard drive, according to a police report cited by The Patriot Ledger, they found dozens of hours of footage showing the dad and youth football coach raping several young boys.
Sheehan, pictured above being led out of court on Monday, was ordered held without bail. Police said they have found dozens of hours of footage showing Sheehan raping boys
Sheehan became the subject of a police probe in June after a young accuser came forward
According to police, Sheehan’s iPhone also contained pornographic photos of children, some of whom appeared to be sleeping. Sheehan was arrested immediately after the search.
The next day, a father went to the police saying that his 13-year-old son had been sexually assaulted by Sheehan.
A new warrant was issued on September 12 for Sheehan, who by that time had been released on bail with a GPS ankle monitor, and he was re-arrested.
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