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A 28-year-old basketball coach at A.L. Holmes Elementary-Middle School in Detroit has been charged with having inappropriate sexual contact with six Detroit boys between 13 to 15 who were on his team, the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office announced Wednesday.
Authorities also allege that Antoine Lewis Jones of Detroit requested inappropriate photos from the students and engaged in texts and social media messages. The crimes allegedly took place between November 2014 and March 2016.
He faces 19 charges in all.
Jones is accused of first-degree criminal sexual conduct, seven counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct; three counts of child sexually abusive activity; three counts of using a computer to commit a crime; three counts of distributing sexually explicit matter to children, one count of accosting for immoral purposes and one count of aggravated indecent exposure.
The school is at 8950 Crane St. on the east side, between Van Dyke and Gratiot, south of Coleman A. Young Municipal Airport.
