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Kings County

Matt Troutman

New York City Metropolitan Area

Brooklyn

New York

Editor's note: This article originally was published earlier in the week. We're republishing it here in case you missed it:By <a href="https://patch.com/users/ferozedhanoa">FEROZE DHANOA (Patch Staff)</a>A former swim coach accused of <a href="http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2015/04/14/swim-coach-seeks-probation-on-sexting-charges/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sending inappropriate text messages</a> to a 13-year-old Shelton girl applied for accelerated rehabilitation on Tuesday, the Connecticut Post reports.Alan Marcel, 28, of Norwalk is charged with risk of injury to a minor and enticing a minor.According to the paper, under the pretrial program, a defendant does not admit to the crime but is placed on up to two years' probation and the charges are dropped if not other crimes are committed during that period.The girl's mother found the text messages on her daughter's phone, the paper reports. The girl reported receiving the messages for about two weeks. A hearing for the application will be held May 26.<a href="http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2015/04/14/swim-coach-seeks-probation-on-sexting-charges/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the full story at the Connecticut Post.</a>Image via Shutterstock<a href="https://link.patch.com/join/3-0-subscribe?list=US_CT_NORWALK_903">To sign up for Norwalk news alerts and more, click here.</a>

Editor’s note: This article originally was published earlier in the week. We’re republishing it here in case you missed it:

By <a href="https://patch.com/users/ferozedhanoa">FEROZE DHANOA (Patch Staff)</a>A former swim coach accused of <a href="http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2015/04/14/swim-coach-seeks-probation-on-sexting-charges/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sending inappropriate text messages</a> to a 13-year-old Shelton girl applied for accelerated rehabilitation on Tuesday, the Connecticut Post reports.

Alan Marcel, 28, of Norwalk is charged with risk of injury to a minor and enticing a minor.According to the paper, under the pretrial program, a defendant does not admit to the crime but is placed on up to two years’ probation and the charges are dropped if not other crimes are committed during that period.

The girl’s mother found the text messages on her daughter’s phone, the paper reports. The girl reported receiving the messages for about two weeks. A hearing for the application will be held May 26.

<a href="http://blog.ctnews.com/connecticutpostings/2015/04/14/swim-coach-seeks-probation-on-sexting-charges/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read the full story at the Connecticut Post.</a>Image via Shutterstock

<a href="https://link.patch.com/join/3-0-subscribe?list=US_CT_NORWALK_903">To sign up for Norwalk news alerts and more, click here.</a>

Fairfield County

RJ Scofield

Norwalk

Connecticut

ICYMI (in case you missed it): The man applied for accelerated rehabilitation.