Search Warrant - Police In Sex Case Search Syracuse Coach's Home - The Associated Press

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) Authorities associated with a sexual-abuse research with Syracuse University assistant field hockey private coach Bernie Fine carried out some sort of seek during his house Friday however dropped to comment on just what exactly we were holding shopping for.

New York State Police spokesman Jack Keller reported troopers were known as to be able to help out your U.S. attorney's company at the search . Assistant U.S. Attorney William Pericak reported he "can't confirm or deny" an investigation.

"We do not comment on no matter whether seek justifies are being performed we all just review at that time regarding court events," Pericak said. "I'm certainly not declaring there were and also wasn't one here. But if you obtain a search cause which is sealed, the item continues to be made till a new court unseals it."

He explained that intention is always to avoid "a test from the press."

The Post-Standard paper claimed that four state troopers were standing when they get home on the driveway during Fine's house inside suburban DeWitt on Friday afternoon. It said at the least 6 months time police arrest vehicles have been left about the block in addition to officers were shopping by way of a cash can.

Syracuse court arrest spokesman Sgt. Tom Connellan couldn't investigate virtually any on the task going on in the house. He called most questions to be able to Pericak on the U.S. attorney's business inside Albany.

Two former ball children for the Syracuse basketball team, Bobby Davis plus his stepbrother, Mike Lang, have said they were molested in excess of 25 years ago by Fine, who's on given administrative leave with the university. Fine possesses known as the allegations "patently false."

Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner has powerfully defended brussels law enforcement section in opposition to claims by means of Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick that criminal arrest authorities criminally leaked a find affidavit for you to embarrass his office.

At a news management meeting Wednesday, Fitzpatrick accused Syracuse police Chief Frank Fowler and Deputy Chief Sean Broton of dripping the particular affidavit. At situation is usually the actual controlling in 2002 involving Davis' original statements that Fine have molested him.