Former Centennial football coach arrested in child porn possession case
| Wednesday, Jun 18 2008 8:39 PM
Last Updated: Thursday, Jun 19 2008 11:18 AM
Investigators arrested a former Centennial High School football coach and player accused of having child pornography and distributing the material over the Internet.
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Michael Turman (Photo courtesy KERO Channel 23)
Michael Edward Turman denied ever engaging in any inappropriate or illegal conduct with minors as a freshmen football assistant coach at Centennial High School, according to an arrest warrant. He was also a former football player at the school, earning All-Area Honorable Mention for scholar-athlete in 1996.
Investigators were first alerted to Turman in 2006 when the suspect received a child porn movie on his AOL e-mail account, the warrant said. Turman is married and has a 4-year-old daughter and infant son.
Turman told authorities viewing images of young boys was like “filling up a gas tank” because he is obsessed with them, the court document said.
Turman then sent the 29-second movie that depicted an 8-year-old boy in a sex act with an adult to another AOL user, according to the warrant. He is accused of sending and receiving more child pornography.
Turman later told investigators his AOL account was terminated because of what he was doing, the court document said.
Turman was not a teacher at Centennial High, and never an employee with the district, according to officials. He was a walk on football coach for the freshmen team for the school years of 2000-01, 2001-02 and a volunteer from 2004-05, they said.
He would show up in the afternoons and help coach the team, school officials said. 2004-05 was the last year he had any involvement with the school. He received a small stipend for coaching.
On Monday, deputies and detectives executed a search warrant at Turman’s home in the 17000 block of Legend Oaks Lane.
Turman said he knew why officers were at his home and that he feared them coming into his home for a long time, according to court records.
Investigators found about 400 images and 100 video images of child pornography on Turman’s laptop and desktop computers.
In an interview with a detective, Turman said he is sexually interested in 8 to 9-year-old boys and often views child pornography on his computers.
Turman, who’s been married for five years, said he got into child pornography when he got a computer in high school, the warrant said. He got addicted to pornography after he was molested at 8 years old, the court document said.
“Being molested at a young age I feel has ruined my life today,” Turman wrote in a letter to authorities. “I don't think I have ever overcome that. I have moved on physically, but mentally I am still eight years old.”
He later wrote, “I wish there was a way to stop it.”
Turman was arrested on suspicion of receiving and distributing child pornography, according to court records. He works for Turman Construction Company, Inc., a local company.
Federal charges were not yet filed on Wednesday against Turman, according to a federal court database. He posted $100,000 bond and has been released.
4 comments:
Shocking and incrediably sad.
Wow...I can't believe this! I feel sorry for him and his family.
Wow...I can't believe this! I feel sorry for him and his family.
See... I knew I wasn't the last to know.
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