Business Owner and Ex-Baseball Coach Accused of Molesting and Filming Teenage Boys

The Contra Costa County District Attorney has accused Orinda resident Joel Kaufman of molesting one teenage boy and secretly filming another in a bathroom. 

Kaufman, 52, owns the Triple Play USA batting cages in San Leandro and coached varsity baseball at Bishop O'Down High School from 1999 to 2005, according to the Contra Costa Times. 

Authorities have released almost no information about where the alleged acts supposedly occurred to protect the privacy of the accusers.

Kaufman remains at large on a $300,000 warrant.

An ABC7News team visited Triple Play cages where the manager said authorities had come in Wednesday looking for Kaufman.

The TV station interviewed Castro Valley parent Tim Hamilton, who said he had been coming to the batting cages for years but had never met Kaufman.

"Hearing something like this is rather shocking and absolutely unacceptable," Hamilton told ABC7News. "I hope the charges aren't true." 

Authorities urge anyone with information about Kaufman or his whereabouts to phone Orinda police Sergeant Neil Rafanan or Detective Travis Dennison at 925-254-6820.