Crime & Safety

[UPDATE] Woburn Little League Coach Arraigned on Child Porn Charges

Mass State Police arrested 20-year-old Woburn man on child pornography charges Tuesday night.

[UPDATE: Wednesday, 12:50 p.m.]

A Woburn man was arraigned this morning on several child pornography charges.

Raymond McAllister, 20, of Woburn, was arrested and charged Tuesday night with dissemination of matter harmful to a minor, enticement of a child, and posing or exhibiting a child in a state of nudity.

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McAllister pled not guilty. His bail was set at $10,000 cash or $100,000 surety and he was ordered held under house arrest at his parents' home, where all Internet must be removed. He cannot go online either from his laptop or his phone; and he cannot be with children under the age of 18. The state's probation office may search the McAllister home for Internet connections at any time, said authorities. Ray McAllister must wear an electronic monitoring device, if he is released on bail.

The Middlesex District Attorney's office claims McAllister Skyped with a 13-year old boy in Arizona, and asked the boy to disrobe; a sex act allegedly followed.

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The DA said McAllister made "substantial admissions" while speaking with police.

According to the DA's office, the charges are "serious" and will likely be pursued at the Superior Court in Woburn.

The 20-year old nodded to his father upon entering the courtroom. Wearing a white long-sleeved T-shirt, Ray McAllister stood with a court-appointed public defender.  

"This is something we don't agree with," said Wayne McAllister before the arraignment.

"I'm broken," said McAllister's father.

Wayne McAllister said after the court hearing that "My heart is with [my son]."

Raymond McAllister has been a Little League coach, a volunteer at St. Mary's Bible Camp in Winchester, and a jiu jitsu instructor.

Next court date: March 7.

The Massachusetts State Police arrested McAllister Tuesday night.

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