Former coach arrested for child porn

D.A.: Sex offender had images on computer

WHITEMARSH >> Ten years after a Whitemarsh man was convicted of sending sexually explicit text messages to a teenage girl he coached on a local high school swim team, he is facing new accusations he possessed child porn on his home computer.

Michael Vincent Dolan, 41, of the 4000 block of Center Avenue in the Lafayette Hill section of Whitemarsh, was arraigned on Wednesday before District Court Judge Deborah A. Lukens on charges of disseminating and possessing child pornography and crim- inal use of a communication facility in connection with alleged incidents that occurred earlier this month.

Lukens set bail at $250,000 cash and Dolan faces a Dec. 31 preliminary hearing on the charges.

Defense lawyer Timothy Woodward said he

expected Dolan to be able to post the bail but he would not comment further about the case at this time.

Dolan’s arrest comes 10 years after he was sentenced to 1½-to-3-years in jail and five years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to charges of unlawful contact with a minor for purposes of prostitution and corruption of a minor in connection with incidents that occurred in April 2008 after he had wrapped up his first year as a head coach of Plymouth Whitemarsh High School’s girls swim team. Dolan was terminated from his job after his arrest.

Dolan, according to court records, was released from jail on Dec. 12, 2011, after serving about two years behind bars.

Dolan completed his probationary sentence as well, but earlier this month he became the subject of a new investigation when Montgomery County detectives received a “Cybertip” from the Delaware County Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force regarding alleged suspicious content found on a Google

“I reviewed all seventeen files and found that the content was child pornography.”

account linked to Dolan.

Google, according to court documents, uncovered 12 videos and five still photos that allegedly depicted children ages 2 to 14 engaging in sexual acts or poses.

“I reviewed all seventeen files and found that the content was child pornography,” county Detective James J. Reape alleged in the arrest affidavit.

Detectives also determined that Dolan was a registered sex offender, stemming from his 2009 conviction, according to court papers.

On Dec. 11, detectives, armed with a search warrant, went to Dolan’s residence and seized his cellphone and a laptop computer, according to the criminal complaint.

A forensic examination of the laptop computer located 137 images of children under 18 years old in various sexual acts, as well as in various stages of undress, detectives alleged in the arrest affidavit.

“No less than 10 of these images were of children under the age of 13 engaged in prohibited sexual acts,” Reape alleged. “Through training and experience, these images were consistent with child pornography.”

Court documents indicate the analysis of Dolan’s cellphone is ongoing. At the time the cellphone was seized, the files allegedly contained on it could not be accessed due to a password requirement for access, according to the arrest affidavit.

East Norriton Detective Michael Henricks assisted with the investigation.

Michael Vincent Dolan