Bruce Rock, Tucson, Arizona (arrested Sept 2013) [child porn]

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    Bruce Rock (82xx North Willow Blossom Drive, Tucson, Arizona), 49, swimming coach at Mountain View High School, Marana Unified School District, Tucson, Arizona, "uploading child pornography to a social media website"

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    • Coached the Pima County league team at Northwest YMCA, Tucson, Arizona
    Tucson News Now: Local high school swim coach arrested on child porn charges (Sept 26 2013)

    Tucson Police Department officials received a tip in reference to an unknown person uploading child pornography to a social media website, according to a news release. An investigation revealed that they were uploaded from a home near Cortaro Farms and Sandy Desert Trail in Marana. A search warrant was served at the home Thursday and [Bruce] Rock was booked into the Pima County Jail.

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    Bruce Rock, Arizona, Mountain View High School, Marana Unified School District, Pima Aquatic Club, Northwest YMCA, Tucson
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    Bio from the Pima Aquatic Club web site:

    Coach Rock

    Coach Rock was raised in Orange County CA. He started competitive swimming at the age of 4 and continued to the age of 18. Coach Rock played competitive water polo in high school and one year of college, at Santa Ana Junior College. After his swimming career ended he started training and competing in sport of triathlon. Coach Rock completed numerous triathlons including Iron Man California in 2000(2.4 mile swim 112 mile bike ride and a 26.2 mile run).​

    Coach Rock moved to Tucson in 2004. He started coaching the Pima county league team at the Northwest YMCA in 2007. He built the team to become a SAAA team and eventually a USA swim team. Taking many age group and senior swimmers to swim at the AZ state meets, sectional and junior national qualifying times.​

    Coach Rock is ASCA level 3 qualified and has many years as a USA head coach and high school head coach at Mountain View High school. He is married and has 2 kids attending college in Tucson. He is looking forward to building Pima Aquatic Club to be a very competitive team not just in Tucson but in the state of Arizona.​
     
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    KGUN 9: Mountain View HS swimming coach arrested on child porn charges (Sept 26 2013)

    Sgt. Chris Widmer from TPD tells KGUN9 that Bruce Rock, 49, was arrested after an investigation showed he was uploading child porn to a social media site. Widmer says the investigation began after TPD's Internet Crimes Against Children Unit received a tip. An investigation showed the photos were uploaded by someone in a home in the 8200 block of North Willow Blossom Drive. A search warrant was served there Thursday and detectives found evidence implicating Rock.
     
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    Arizona Daily Star: Marana-area swim coach arrested in child porn case (Sept 26 2013)

    Sgt. Chris Widmer, a Tucson Police Department spokesman, ... gave the following account in a news release: "In September, 2013, the Tucson Police Department’s Internet Crimes Against Children / SORT Unit received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in reference to an unknown person uploading child pornography to a social media website. An investigation revealed that the materials were uploaded from a residence in the 8200 block of North Willow Blossom Drive. On September 26th, a search warrant was served at the residence. Evidence was located that implicated a resident from the home as being involved in the uploading of child pornography. The suspect was identified as Bruce Rock, 49."
     
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    Tucson News Now: Bruce Rock to appear in video court this morning (Sept 27 2013)

    Bruce Rock was a coach at Mountain View High School on the northwest side, but now he is in Pima County Jail and faces five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. Tucson Police received a tip about a person uploading child pornography to a social media website. Investigators found the porn had been uploaded from a home in Marana. Yesterday detectives searched Rock's home and he was booked into the Pima County Jail.
     
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    KVOA: VIDEO: High school swim coach charged with having kid porn released from jail (Sept 27 2013)

    Court documents show images of children that were pornographic in nature. Police say [Bruce] Rock was uploading these images to a website. Those website operators in turn notified the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, who on turn contacted Tucson Police. The principal at Mountain View High School sent a letter to parents telling them they had fired Bruce Rock. In that letter they told parents they had no indication any of his Marana students were abused. Rock, 49, was released to pretrial services Friday. The judge ordered no bond, no alcohol, no internet and to stay away from Mountain View High School.
     
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    Phoenix New Times: Tucson Swim Coach Accused of Uploading Child Porn to Social Media Website (D'oh!) (Sept 27 2013)

    Lesson of the day: Social media is a good way to connect with friends, but a bad way to share child porn. The Tucson police department says a local swim coach was arrested after uploading images of child-pornography to a social media site ... In the Internet age, tracking down who's posting child porn on a social-media website isn't exactly tough police work. The search warrant was served at 49-year-old Mountain View High School (the Tucson one) swim coach Bruce Rock's house ... Rock also runs the Pima Aquatic Club, a year-round swim team for youngsters. According to the club's website, Rock is married and has two college-aged children. Yikes.
     
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    Explorer News: Mountain View teacher arrested for sexual exploitation of a minor (Sept 27 2013)

    An investigation revealed that the materials were uploaded from a residence in the 8200 block of North Willow Blossom Drive. On September 26, a search warrant was served at the residence. Evidence was located that implicated a resident from the home as being involved in the uploading of child pornography. The suspect was identified as 49-year old Bruce Rock. He was booked into the Pima County Jail for 5 counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor.
     
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    My Fox Phoenix: Tucson swim coach arrested for child porn (Sept 27 2013)

    Police spokesman Sgt. Chris Widmer says the department's internet crimes against children unit got a tip earlier this month about the uploads. Detectives traced them to a home where 49-year old Bruce Rock lived. Widmer says police raided Rock's home Thursday and uncovered evidence he was involved. He was booked into the Pima County jail on five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor. It's unclear if he has a lawyer.

    KPHO: Tucson swim coach arrested for child porn (Sept 27 2013)

    AZ Family: Tucson swim coach arrested for child porn (Sept 27 2013)

    AZ Daily Sun: Tucson swim coach arrested for child porn (Sept 27 2013)
     
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    Swimming World Magazine: Tucson High School Swim Coach Bruce Rock Fired After Child Porn Arrest (Sept 28 2013)

    Mountain View High School girls swimming head coach Bruce Rock, 49, has been fired from his position with Mountain View following an arrest for allegedly being involved in uploading child porn to the Internet. Earlier this week, Tucson police arrested Rock at his home after acquiring a search warrant following a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Rock is facing five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.