April 2009 Archives
The abuse scandal which rocked our community nearly 1.5 years ago may have died down almost completely here in Stow, but the case goes on in court. The trial has kept getting pushed back for various reasons, but on Monday Middlesex Superior Court Judge Maureen Hogan made it clear that this could not happen indefinitely. It was revealed that there are 15 boxes of evidence being held by Acton Police. The defense was claiming they thought there would be only 4 boxes of evidence and therefore requested more time for review. The motion to suppress (where the defense asks for certain evidence to not be considered) is May 19, 2009 and the trial date is now set for September 21, 2009. As of today, Infante and DiTullio are being tried together even though there are separate charges against each of them. It appears that defense attorney Kevin Reddington, representing DiTullio, may ask to decouple the cases.
Steve DiTullio, former owner of Five Star Gymnastics in Stow now named 10.0 Academy, is formally accused of perjury. His associate, Steve Infante, is charged with far greater crimes including child rape. The details of the case have been widely reported here and elsewhere (see related posts below). Among the allegations are that both DiTullio and Infante gave alcohol to minors, that DiTullio allowed Infante to participate in programs despite his lifetime ban by USA Gymnastics, and that that both men participated in inappropriate sexual activity with minors.
Related Posts:
- Five Star Gymnastics Renamed to 10.0 Academy (2/8/2008)
- Explanation for Pictures Emerges (11/30/2007)
- The Role of the Media in Abuse Scandals (11/29/2007)
- Gymnastics Abuse Scandal Unfolds (11/28/2007)
- Sad News Comes to Stow (11/26/2007)
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Spring soccer has arrived, along with seasonable weather, and parents all over are rejoicing. Stow's program starts with munchkins (as young as 4.5 year olds) and goes up to U16 and U18 and the highly competitive Nashoba United teams. Soccer was never my favorite personal sport to play or to watch. But I do think soccer is a great sport to get involved for an initial foray into sports. There's a lot less to learn than, say, baseball. Stow has made great strides in its younger leagues over the past few years by involving the Play Soccer program. The program is quite popular in New England and they send us real UK coaches to help the kids learn skills. I'm still not quite sure if they are authentically British, they could just have really good accent training. Maybe I'll place a pint of Samuel Smith's near a goal and see if they go for it. Image: Players get ready for a kick-in during the today's first U7 game at the Pompositticut School fields.