NY Coach Gets Probation in Child Sex Case - Updated

(Queensbury, New York) School basketball coach Joey Strong, 36, has admitted to jumping the bones of a 16-year-old boy last year in a Queensbury motel. As a result, she was sentenced to probation.

Joey Strong of Au Sable Forks pleaded guilty to third-degree rape, a felony, for having sex with the teen one night last March after giving him beer. The teen was a friend of her son, and Strong had brought the boys to the area so they could see the state basketball tournament games at the Glens Falls Civic Center.

Strong sobbed through much of the court proceeding Monday before Warren County Judge John Hall. She admitted having sex with the teen.

The probation Judge Hall imposed is incremental. If Strong stays out of trouble (does well is the reported criteria) for an interim six-month probation, she receives more probation. If not, she might go to prison. Either way, it sounds like a hand-slap while kicking the case down the road.

No information regarding possible registration as a sex offender nor stipulations on future involvement with minors was reported.

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NY Coach Indicted for Sex with Boy
[Previous 9/15/09 post]
(Queensbury, New York) A 35-year-old volunteer girls' basketball coach at Holy Name Elementary School, Joey Strong, has been indicted on charges stemming from alleged sex with an underage boy.

Strong faces charges of third-degree rape, unlawfully dealing with a child and endangering the welfare of a child. The rape charge carries a possible penalty of four years in prison.

She is accused of having sex with a 16-year-old boy after giving him beer one night in March.

Strong, who worked as a volunteer elementary school girls basketball coach in Essex County in recent years, had brought her teenage son and the boy to the Glens Falls area to attend a basketball tournament.

Strong is free on her own recognizance. Arraignment is scheduled for this week in Warren County Court.