FOOTBALL COACH CHARGED AS PERV

Robert Stewart, a 33 year old upstate youth-football coach, is accused of sexually abusing a boy younger than 13.  Stewart, of Latham, was arraigned on charges of sodomy, sexual abuse and endangering the welfare of a child.  He coaches football in the North Colonie Pop Warner League in Albany County.  Police believe the abuse began last November.  The child was not a member of the league.

(Latham, New York)