Crime
N.Va. basketball coach pleads guilty to child porn
By: Freeman Klopott
Examiner Staff Writer
December 4, 2008
The longtime coach and director of a Northern Virginia youth basketball league pleaded guilty Thursday to receiving child pornography via the Internet.
Thomas “Randy” White, 53, of Arlington, was the director and a coach for the NOVA United AAU basketball league for more than a decade. Calls to the basketball program were not immediately returned Thursday. White was identified by the FBI as one of several people suspected of trading child pornography over the Internet during a 2007 national investigation. He has pleaded guilty to downloading numerous pornographic images in March and April 2007.
In February, investigators seized a computer from White’s home and found hundreds of pornographic images of children, prosecutors said.
White ran the basketball league from his home. He also coached boys between the ages of 15 and 17. According to news reports, he was a strong influence in the lives of the players and helped several win athletic scholarships to college.
Anyone with information regarding White should contact the FBI at 202-278-2000.
Thomas “Randy” White, 53, of Arlington, was the director and a coach for the NOVA United AAU basketball league for more than a decade. Calls to the basketball program were not immediately returned Thursday. White was identified by the FBI as one of several people suspected of trading child pornography over the Internet during a 2007 national investigation. He has pleaded guilty to downloading numerous pornographic images in March and April 2007.
In February, investigators seized a computer from White’s home and found hundreds of pornographic images of children, prosecutors said.
White ran the basketball league from his home. He also coached boys between the ages of 15 and 17. According to news reports, he was a strong influence in the lives of the players and helped several win athletic scholarships to college.
Anyone with information regarding White should contact the FBI at 202-278-2000.
