Crime & Safety
Former Lincoln-Way Central HS Bowling Coach's Sex Crimes Trial Wraps Up
The former volunteer coach — who allegedly met his teenage victim through his bowling work — went on trial last week.
Edward Centwinski, 46, was arrested in September 2010 on charges of the criminal sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse of a teenage girl. The New Lenox resident has been free on $300,000 bond since the day after his arrest, according to court records.
Detectives said Cetwinski met the girl he abused while he was “working as a volunteer bowling coach for Lincoln-Way Central High School,” according to a 2010 ABC News report.
The Steger Police Department investigated Cetwinski’s case.
It is unclear what Cetwinski allegedly did to the teen as the criminal complaint against him is under seal. He was ordered to have no contact with her when he appeared in court for his bond hearing.
Prior to the trial, Cetwinski’s attorneys requested that prosecutors ”restrict the use of the term ‘sexting,’” according to court records.
A jury was picked Wednesday and the case tried before Will County Judge Amy Bertani-Tomczak, according to court records. Cetwinski’s attorneys rested their case Thursday.
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