NJ Youth Soccer Coach Sent Explicit Images To Players: Prosecutor

OAKLYN, NJ — A youth soccer coach has been arrested and charged after authorities say he shared explicit photos with underage boys he coached.

Christopher Ferrari, 24, of Oaklyn, sent explicit images to underage boys he met as a coach with the South Jersey Elite Barons Youth Soccer Program, according to the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office. He also requested that the boys send him explicit images.

He has been charged with manufacturing child pornography and multiple counts of endangering the welfare of a child, the prosecutor’s office announced.

Ferrari surrendered at the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and is detained at the Salem County Correctional Facility pending a first appearance in Gloucester County Superior Court. The prosecutor’s office said the South Jersey Elite Barons have been very cooperative in assisting with the investigation.

Anyone who believes their child may be a victim of Ferrari’s or has concerns regarding any contact he may have had with children is asked to contact Lieutenant Stacie Lick of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office Special Victims Unit at 856-384-5608.