Swim coach Matthew Lincoln of Henrietta, New York has been charged with child enticement after a sting operation run by Brighton police. Lincoln was targeted after a parent of an 11-year old girl said that Lincoln had texted their daughter.
Lincoln allegedly was texting and trying to meet with what he thought was a 16-year-old girl. In truth, it was a Brighton police officer. According to police, Lincoln asked the girl for nude photos and sent her lewd pictures of himself.
Lincoln was the head coach of the Golden Comets Swim Club, though his name has been removed from the team’s website since the arrest. The president of the club’s Board of Directors confirms that Lincoln was terminated by the club on Friday morning.
The Golden Comet Swim Club is a USA Swimming level 3 club in Henrietta, a suburb of Rochester.
Police say that they believe that there may be more victims, and have encouraged anyone with more information to call 911 if they have more information.
Updated with comment from club.
How come after 2 and a half years no victims were ever found. WHy has he been persecuted without trial? Because this was a set up for filing a complaint to US swimming….
Good riddance. Single handledly ruined that club about a year and a half ago
Yeah, it’s cool that he won’t be walking the deck preying on kids anymore and stuff, but more importantly, thank god he wasn’t a good coach.
More importantly he wasn’t a good coach???? Are you kidding me.
You should have ended your post at your first sentence.
My post was not intended to be taken literally, coach.. It was a sarcastic reference to the lack of perspective that the other poster displayed with his comment.
Had nothing to do with him being a coach, he was a jerkoff to parents, other coaches, and the swimmers.
Come on… I’m sick of this crap
Momma always said you can’t fix stupid.