by Jerry Burke
If convicted, Colman faces consecutive sentences of over 100 years in prison. He was previously indicted in Nassau County for sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the second degree for alleged attacks on two of the same boys. He is currently being held in lieu of $110,000 bail awaiting trial in Nassau County.
Colman, was the vice-president of the Argentina Soccer School, with offices at Thornton Avenue, Forest Hills, Queens. His arrest last May occurred after one of the boys under his care told his mother that his coach had sexually molested him at Colman's Ludlam Avenue home in Elmont. Nassau County police arrested Colman on charges of abusing two 11-year-olds.
Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown announced the new charges last week after a further investigation indicated that the coach had molested six young boys, ranging in age from 11 to 14, during soccer team trips last year that involved overnight stays at two Queens hotels: he Best Western Hotel on Corona Avenue, Flushing, and the Clarion Hotel on Ditmars Boulevard, East Elmhurst.
These are serious charges which allege that a soccer team coach betrayed the trust of his young players and their parents who had entrusted their children to his care, supervision and welfare," said Brown. "This case will be prosecuted swiftly and fairly with the special needs of these traumatized child victims being my paramount concern."
According to Brown, the six boys involved in the new charges had allegedly been sodomized and sexually abused between January and April 2001. The alleged attacks took place during overnight trips involving soccer competitions throughout the metropolitan area.
The investigation was conducted by Detective George Boyle of the New York Police Department Special Victims Squad under the supervision of Lieutenant Sean Cussen, in conjunction with an investigation by Detectives Lloyd Doppman and Gilma Simeone of the Nassau County Police Department Special victims Squad.
Assistant District Attorneys Kenneth Appelbaum, Deputy Chief, and Erin Apfel of the District Attorney
