A swim coach was arraigned in court on criminal charges Thursday after allegations that he sent inappropriate texts to one of the 13-year-old swimmers on the team he coaches in Bridgeport, police said.
Alan Marcel, 28, of Norwalk, reportedly texted messages "with sexual content" to a teenage girl on his team, police said. Her mother discovered the messages and reported it to the Park City Wolfpack Swim Team's Board of Directors.Marcel is an instructor for the swim club.
Police responded to the recreational facility that houses the pool at the University of Bridgeport at 400 University Avenue on Wednesday to investigate. Police looked at the text messages and confirmed that they "were explicitly sexual," police said.
The swim club Marcel coaches for is not affiliated with the university, police said. The pool is one of the locations at which the club swims.
Police charged Marcel with risk of injury to a minor and enticing a minor.
He was held in custody on a $10,000 court-set bond and is scheduled to appear in court again on Dec. 11.
