Joseph Chimenti
Posted by Webmaster in Church Schools, Coaches, Hall of Shame, ME-FV, Washington
(09/02/09 – Initial BadBadTeacher.com Report)
Joseph A. Chimenti, a former assistant football coach at Eastside Catholic High School in Sammamish, Washington has reportedly been arrested on allegations of groping and fondling a 17-year-old female student while vacationing with the girl and her parents.
Chimenti was arrested on the latest allegations on July 21st.
At that time it was discovered that Chimenti had been convicted in Virginia in 2008 on a charge of sexual assault for fondling his daughter’s best friend and had in fact served time for that offense.
A spokesperson for Eastside Catholic High School said that the school had a third-party investigating corporation conduct a background check of Chimenti in October 2008 and that the firm’s report on Chimenti came back clean.
Reportedly, Chimenti is no longer associated with Eastside Catholic High School.
Chimenti’s trial on the most recent allegations is set for next month.
10/22/09 – Guilty Plea and Sentencing
In September, Joseph A. Chimenti reportedly pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault with sexual motivation.
Chimenti was sentenced to 364 days in jail and fined $5,000 with 304 days of that sentence and $4,500 of the fine suspended.
Chimenti was ordered to serve 2 years of probation, is prohibited from contacting the victim, prohibited unsupervised contact with minors under the age of 18, except for his children and is prohibited from leaving the state of Washington without permission from his probation officer.
Thanks to a reader for providing us with a link detailing the conclusion of this case – webmaster
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It is about time. I know Joe when he was a coach at Juanita and a coach for Eastside baseball club. He asked my daughter to baby sit when she was 14 and when she got there his kids where not there. He tried to come on to my daugther. I will not go through what he did but I went to Juanita and eastside baseball club and Lake Washington School district office. To the credit of the football coach and the coaches of eastside baseball club they got rid of Joe. The district took my statement but because I did not want to put my daughter through a messy trial the district would not put it on his official record. I wish now I would have gone after him , maybe it would have stopped him. But I dought it.
Good to know thorough background checks are incorporated into the hiring practices of administrators for our nation’s teachers.
Way to drop the ball Eastside Catholic!