Baseball Coach Arrested for Sexual Assault on a Minor
Posted by Agenda Florida on 25th July 2015
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COOPER CITY—A volunteer baseball coach with the Cooper City’s Optimist League was arrested July 23, according to a police report obtained by the Agenda. David Solomon, 47, faces two sexual assault on minor charges. His alleged victim is 11 years old.

As early as April 9, 2015, Solomon subjected a child under his supervision to sexual acts under the guise of playing a game. On multiple occasions, Solomon put his hands on the victim’s private parts when he was alone with the child driving the victim home or while at Solomon’s home for a sleepover. It is alleged that Solomon assaulted his victim a half dozen times, before the 11-year-old told his mother about the incidents last May.

A second victim has come forward and Solomon may face additional charges. Broward Sheriff’s SVU detectives believe that there may yet be additional victims.

It is hardly surprising. According to public records, Solomon had been arrested by police in Miami-Dade and charged in connection with alleged molestations back in 2000. Both charges were dropped.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement records show that in May 2000, he was charged by Miami-Dade police with lewd and lascivious behavior with a child under 16. And in November of the same year, he was charged with fondling a child.

The family of one of those boys later sued Solomon; Miami Shores, where Solomon was a recreational league coach; and the Archdiocese of Miami, his employer. The suit, filed in Miami-Dade Circuit Court, asked for at least $15,000 in damages. The lawsuit claimed that the archdiocese and Miami Shores were negligent. That case was ultimately dismissed.

Solomon was last employed at Stern Bloom Media, a Hallandale Beach-based print publishing and product photography studio, according to the arrest report, as director of sales.

Anyone with information is asked to call Det. Ian Kuechler at 954-321-4246 or report anonymous tips to Crime Stoppers of Broward County at (954) 493-TIPS (8477) or online at www.browardcrimestoppers.org.