UMP FACES PORN CHARGES

Newsday/Bill Mason

Neal Schwartz, a 51 year old junior high school umpire, was arrested on a child pornographycharges yesterday and also faces extradition to Florida on additional related charges. Schwartz wasunder investigation by Broward County police in Florida for a number of computer contacts with aundercover detective who was posing as a 14 year old girl. Schwartz performed a sexual act on a Webcam that should not be viewed by a child. Suffolk County computer crimes detectives found numerousimages of child porn on his computer at his home at 43 Ashley Circle in Commack. Schwartz lists hisoccupation as a junior high school umpire employed by the Western Suffolk Baseball UmpiresAssociation. He was arraigned on a felony charge of possessing a sexual performance by a child. Healso faces an outstanding arrest warrant in Broward County and will be extradited there at a laterdate. His bail was set at $10,000 or $20,000 bond.