NJ Football Coach Had Sex With Student Inside High School: Cops

MAPLE SHADE, NJ - An assistant Maple Shade High School football coach from Clementon has been charged with having sex with a female student who attends the school, authorities announced Thursday afternoon.

Mark Kinney, 31, is accused of having sex with the student inside the high school during this school year, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Maple Shade Acting Police Chief Christopher Fletcher.

Kinney is employed by a contractor who provides paraprofessional services to students at the school, authorities said.

“Upon learning of the allegation, the school district’s administrators immediately contacted the Maple Shade Police Department and the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office,” Maple Shade Superintendent of Schools Beth Norcia wrote in a letter to the community posted on the district website.

Once the district learned of the incident, Kinney was barred from the campus and any other school district events, Norcia said. He was also not employed at any other school in the district. The district couldn’t provide any more information about Kinney due to the ongoing investigation and the fact that it is a personnel matter.

No information about the victim or specifics about the incident were released in order to protect the victim’s identity.

Kinney has been charged with two counts of second-degree sexual assault, second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree official misconduct.

Kinney was released following a first appearance in Superior Court in Mount Holly Thursday afternoon, authorities said. The case will now be prepared for presentation to a Burlington County Grand Jury for possible indictment.

The investigation is being conducted by the Prosecutor’s Office and the Maple Shade Police Department. The lead investigators are BCPO Detective Robert Hageman and Maple Shade Detective Jeff Engel.

Anyone with information concerning inappropriate behavior by Kinney is asked to call the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office at 609-265-5035 or the Maple Shade Police Department at 856-234-8300.

The attached image of Mark Kinney was provided by the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office.