Former Westchester Tennis Coach Gets 40 Years In Prison For Child Porn

YORKTOWN, NY — A former Yorktown tennis instructor and repeat sex offender will be out of circulation for a long time.

Matthew Podolsky, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on Wednesday that 50-year-old Jonathan DeLaura, a/k/a "Jon Dulak," was sentenced on Tuesday to 485 months in prison for receiving, distributing and possessing child pornography, sending obscene material to a 15-year-old boy, and sending that obscene material while being required to register as a sex offender. He previously pleaded guilty on July 1, 2024.

In addition to the prison term, DeLaura was sentenced to ten years of supervised release.

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"DeLaura possessed large quantities of child pornography and took advantage of a fifteen-year-old child, all while he was required by law to register as a sex offender," Podolsky said. "This case underscores the urgent need for law enforcement to continue its efforts to protect children from those who prey on them. As yesterday's sentencing demonstrates, we will use every tool available to prosecute and punish those who sexually exploit children."

According to court documents, on October 7, 2009, DeLaura was convicted in Bronx County Court, after a guilty plea, of sexual misconduct for engaging in oral/anal sexual conduct without consent. He was sentenced on December 16, 2009 to 60 days in prison and six years of probation. DeLaura was also required to register with the NYS Sex Offender Registry.

In December of 2010, after a violation of his probation, DeLaura was resentenced to a term of one year in prison, and released from prison in April of 2011.

From May 5, 2011 through May 10, 2011, DeLaura received and distributed files containing images and videos of child pornography, in Westchester County, using a file-sharing program.

In November of 2011, DeLaura contacted a 15-year-old boy in an Internet chat room claiming to be a 17-year-old girl and using the screen name "sillyrabbit." After exchanging messages, DeLaura sent sexually explicit photographs to the victim. Afterwards, DeLaura met the victim on two occasions and engaged in sexual activity with him. On February 2, 2012, when DeLaura tried to meet the victim for a third time to engage in sexual activity, he was arrested by officers from the Putnam County Sheriff's Department. After DeLaura was arrested, a search warrant was executed at his home and sheriff's officers found an iPod, which contained around 162 videos containing images of child pornography and around 5 still photos of images containing child pornography. The iPod also had the sexually explicit photos DeLaura sent to the victim.

On February 3, 2012, DeLaura was convicted of two counts of third-degree criminal sexual act in Putnam County Court and sentenced to a term of 32 months to 8 years in prison. After completing that sentence on January 2, 2020, he has since been incarcerated on federal charges.

Podolsky praised the efforts of Homeland Security Investigations, the Putnam County Sheriff's Department, the Yorktown Police Department, the Putnam County District Attorney's Office, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office, and the Edison Police Department in New Jersey in connection with this investigation.

The prosecution is being handled by the Office's White Plains Division, with Assistant United States Attorney Marcia S. Cohen is in charge of the prosecution.