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   Chandler police said they have arrested a former youth baseball   
   coach years after he was first alleged to have molested boys on   
   his teams.   
      
   Richard Allen Gallegos, 53, is facing charges of molestation,   
   sexual conduct and attempted sexual conduct with a minor. The   
   Phoenix man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the alleged   
   crimes, which were said to have been perpetrated on boys ages 11   
   to 14 years old.   
      
   Gallegos was the subject of a Chandler police investigation in   
   2009 for his suspected behavior towards children, but detectives   
   did not have enough evidence to charge Gallegos with a crime,   
   according to Sgt. Daniel Mejia, a spokesman for the Chandler   
   Police Department.   
      
   At the time, Gallegos helped coach a club baseball team in   
   Ahwatukee and volunteered as a baseball coach at Seton Catholic   
   Preparatory High School in Chandler until early 2011, according   
   to Mejia. It wasn't immediately clear if Gallegos has coached   
   since.   
      
   A former player on the club team, now 21 years old, contacted   
   Chandler police in June and alleged multiple sexual encounters   
   with Gallegos when he was between 11 and 14 years old, police   
   wrote in court records.   
      
   Mejia said another former player also came forward and revealed   
   sexual encounters with Gallegos.   
      
   Both players were interviewed between 2010 and 2011 but did not   
   disclose any sexual activity with Gallegos, according to court   
   records.   
      
   On July 10, one of the accusers made a police-monitored phone   
   call to Gallegos, in which Gallegos spoke about touching him on   
   multiple occasions, court records said.   
      
   After Gallegos was arrested, he admitted to being the man on the   
   other end of the recorded conversation, but he denied any   
   inappropriate touching.   
      
   "Our Catholic Schools Office and Seton Catholic Preparatory are   
   cooperating with the police investigation as we seek to learn   
   more about this situation," Robert DeFrancesco, a spokesman for   
   the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, said in a statement   
   Wednesday.   
      
   "Chandler police do not have any reason to believe that the   
   crimes were committed at the school. Anyone who has been a   
   victim of abuse or who may have information concerning these   
   allegations is encouraged to call the Chandler Police   
   Department."   
      
   Investigators are still determining if Gallegos continued to   
   coach baseball or interact with children as a coach or   
   instructor after 2011, Mejia said.   
      
   Gallegos was booked into a Maricopa County jail on suspicion of   
   three counts of molestation of a child, five counts of sexual   
   conduct of a minor and two counts of attempted sexual conduct   
   with a minor, Mejia said.   
      
   https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/chandler/2018/07/11/c   
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