Former Goodyear swim coach arrested, charged with filming students
Independant Newsmedia
Posted 7/30/24
Former southwest Valley youth swim coach David Laudati has been arrested after police allegedly uncovered evidence he recorded student athletes in restrooms.
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Former Goodyear swim coach arrested, charged with filming students
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David Laudati was indicted on counts voyeurism and attempts to commit voyeurism.
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Independant Newsmedia
Former southwest Valley youth swim coach David Laudati has been arrested after police allegedly uncovered evidence he recorded student athletes in restrooms.
A Maricopa County Grand Jury indicted Laudati on eight counts of attempting to commit voyeurism and 11 counts of voyeurism, based on an investigation by Buckeye Police after a parent filed a report.
Buckeye Police coordinated with the U.S. Marshals Service, which located and arrested Laudati on July 29, 2024, in Connecticut. Laudati will be extradited back to Maricopa County for prosecution, according to a press release from Buckeye Police
The investigation began in September 2023, when a parent contacted Buckeye Police to report their 14-year-old daughter had allegedly spotted a cell phone in the restroom while changing after swim practice.
Police say the teen found the cell phone inside a mesh pocket on Laudati’s backpack, which was left on top of a changing table at the Center on Main recreation facility where Laudati coached the Arizona Dolphins swim team. The phone screen was reportedly on and displaying what the camera was capturing, police said in the release.
The family’s initial report resulted in the Buckeye Police Special Victims Unit searching Laudati’s home in Goodyear and seizing his cell phone and electronics. Buckeye Police detectives found several pictures taken of minors changing in the Center on Main restroom and the Litchfield Park Recreation Center locker room, police said.
Laudati was also coaching swim at Millennium High School in Goodyear. A total of three victims were identified, each between 14 and 17 years old, police said.