A Lengthy Island highschool volleyball coach who was accused of raping one of his players died by suicide hours after his first courtroom look, authorities stated.
Jason Maser, 22, deliberately stepped in entrance of a Lengthy Island Rail Highway practice Friday night time in Syosset, based on Newsday.
Maser had been arrested Thursday. In line with police, he raped a 15-year-old girl on Feb. 7 and once more on March 7. The lady performed on two volleyball groups Maser coached, cops stated.
At his first courtroom look on Friday afternoon in Hempstead, Maser pleaded not guilty to 2 counts of rape, two counts of intercourse assault and one depend of kid endangerment.
Maser, a Syosset resident, was a coach at Sacred Heart Academy, an all-girls Catholic faculty in Hempstead, and B&B Volleyball, an Albertson-based membership workforce. The alleged sufferer was a member of each groups, based on police. Each assaults occurred in Albertson, cops stated.
Sacred Coronary heart Academy and B&B Volleyball each fired Maser after studying concerning the allegations. Earlier than Maser’s arrest, B&B advised dad and mom it had discovered of an “inappropriate sexual relationship between an grownup who coached for B&B Volleyball and considered one of our gamers.” Sacred Coronary heart officers stated they contacted authorities “instantly” after listening to the allegations.
Following Maser’s courtroom look, he posted $75,000 bail and was launched, Newsday reported. Police speculated after Maser’s arrest that there might have been extra victims.
Maser stepped in front of Long Island Rail Road train #1573 on the Woodbury Highway crossing in Syosset about 10:35 p.m. Friday, MTA officers advised 1010 WINS. Investigators additionally stated they discovered a suicide notice. Maser had been anticipated again in courtroom April 1.
That is now the second time in March {that a} tri-state area man has died by suicide after being accused of child sex crimes. John Magaldi, a physician in Hartford, was discovered useless at his house on March 13. A number of days earlier, Magaldi had been busted in a toddler prostitution sting and charged with tried sexual assault.
