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Youth Sports President Arrested on Child Porn Charges

Youth Sports President Arrested on Child Porn Charges - Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 04:01AM EST

Reported by: Joe Holden
Wednesday April 21 2010
KINGSTON TWP., LUZERNE COUNTY -- A man who is very active with youth athletic programs is facing child pornography charges.

Police arrested George Gracely of Harveys Lake this afternoon. Hes the president of the Dallas Youth Basketball Association and the Vice President of the Back Mountain Baseball Association.

Gracely has been charged with possessing extremely graphic child pornography. Some of the videos depicted boys as young as seven engaged in disturbing sexual activity.

Prosecutors said their investigation continues in possibly tracking down the origin of the pornography.

At the little league field Wednesday night, Eyewitness News was confronted by a lady little league parents identified as the wife of Kenneth Greenwood. He was charged last year in Monroe County for soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl over the internet. The girl turned out to be a cop. The lady spewed expletives and made obscene gestures as she sped back and forth, leaving the parking lot in a red Ford Explorer. She claimed the I-Team had ruined her family.

Eyewitness News revealed Greenwood was still officiating at sporing events, even though he had been charged several months earlier with a felony crime.

As for Gracely, arrest papers show he admits to having an addiction to child pornography for 10 years now.

His bail has been set at $75,000.