Seacoast Baseball Academy coach charged with sex assault of juveniles

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YORK, Maine ? A Seacoast Baseball Academy coach has been arrested by Concord, N.H., police and charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault of juveniles.

Robert A. Joubert, 58, of Manchester, N.H., no street address given, was arraigned on four Class A felony counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault and one Class A misdemeanor count of sexual assault Thursday afternoon. He was scheduled to be arraigned in Concord District Court. However, arraignment took place at Concord Hospital as Joubert was transported there with a medical condition, according to Lt. Timothy O'Malley, commander of the Criminal Investigations Division with Concord police.

Joubert's bail was set at $450,000 cash.

The charges out of Concord allege there is more than one victim, all male juveniles at the time of the alleged assaults, according to O'Malley.

?It was pattern sexual assaults over a period of time between 1995 and 2004 in Concord,? O'Malley said.

Joubert was a coach with the Seacoast Baseball Academy, which is located at 1050 Route 1, in York, Maine, according to its Web site. The building is known as the York Sports Center. The owner of the building is listed as York Sports and Health Center, LLC, Dirigo Sport Center in Medford, Mass., according to information on the town of York's assessing database. No one with the business could be reached for comment Thursday.

The Seacoast Baseball Academy Web site features numerous testimonials praising the coaching of Joubert. The positive comments are attributed to parents from York and the New Hampshire communities of North Hampton, Rye and Somersworth.

According to the Seacoast Baseball Academy Web site, Joubert has provided lessons to athletes from York and Berwick in Maine, and Exeter, Dover, Durham, Hampton, North Hampton, Portsmouth, Rye and Stratham in New Hampshire.

The Seacoast Baseball Academy is not, and has never been, affiliated with the York Parks and Recreation Department, according to the town's Parks and Recreation Director Mike Sullivan.

According to a York Little League official who declined to be identified, Joubert was never directly affiliated with the league, but did help out with players and coaches from time to time. His background checks came back negative, he said.

Joubert was a contract coach out of the York Sports Center, according to York Police Chief Doug Bracy. There are no charges against Joubert out of York, he said.

?Our concern is to do a timeline and follow him to acquaintances to find out whether there are other victims,? Bracy said.

Bracy said the investigation began earlier this year with an e-mail he received concerning Joubert, which he forwarded to investigators.

In March this year, the York Police Department received a complaint alleging that Joubert had been engaged in inappropriate sexual contact with minors, according to O'Malley. As a result of information developed in York's investigation, the FBI was contacted. The FBI, together with the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, alerted the Concord Police Department in May of potential crimes committed in Concord.

Detectives from Concord learned that Joubert has been involved in coaching youth baseball and hockey over the past 15 years, O'Malley said. Concord detectives identified possible victims and learned that multiple sexual assaults had occurred in Concord, according to O'Malley. All of the alleged victims were juveniles at the time of the assaults, he said.

As a result of the information developed in this case, Joubert was arrested Thursday by Concord detectives with assistance from New Hampshire State Police.

The investigation leading up to Joubert's arrest involved multiple law enforcement agencies, to include the Concord Police Department, FBI, York Police Department, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Manchester Police Department, New Hampshire State Police, and the Pembroke Police Department.

A special phone number has been established for any member of the public who has information related to this investigation: (800) CALL-FBI or (800) 225-5324 (after calling hit prompt 9, then prompt 3). This number will be available for potential witnesses or victims to leave a voicemail anytime, police said. The voicemail will be checked three times a day and will be in place until late August. Information can also be reported to Concord police by calling (603) 225-8600 or the Concord Regional Crimeline at (603) 226-3100.

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Source: http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20120628-NEWS-120629789

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