STT Coach Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children

Alfredo Bruce Smith, a 50-year-old St. Thomas man who was a track and field coach and school monitor at Charlotte Amalie High School, was arrested Tuesday on a complaint charging him with molesting multiple minors and producing child pornography. U.S. Attorney Gretchen C. F. Shappert announced the arrest in a Wednesday afternoon news release.

According to court documents, Homeland Security Investigations began investigating Smith after receiving reports that Smith inappropriately touched a minor during a school-sponsored track and field trip in March, and that there were photographs in his cell phone of juvenile males who attended Charlotte Amalie High School. One witness reported that more than six young males confided that they had been molested or raped by Smith, according to the news release.