CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - A former high school basketball coach is facing child porn charges after federal prosecutors said he sent pornography involving children and infants to a law enforcement officer claiming to be the father of a 9-year-old girl with hearing impairment.

Michael Neville, 46, was formerly employed as a basketball coach at Bay Village High School and Lake Ridge Academy in North Ridgeville.

He was the JV Girls Basketball Coach for Bay Village High School from 2023 to 2024.

Neville was also head basketball coach for Lake Ridge Academy at least for the 2024 season, according to a Facebook post from Lake Ridge Academy Athletics .

According to the criminal complaint filed in federal court, Neville started messaging with the undercover officer on August 25 of this year af

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