A cheerleader coach in San Jose has been arrested on suspicion of child molestation of a 14-year-old boy. The 23-year-old coach was arrested recently.

According to the San Jose Police Department, the man was a cheerleader coach at the Andrew Hill High School, and also coached for Energy Athletics in San Jose. There is no information at this point in time, that any other children were also abused or molested. The coach has no previous record of sex crimes, and seems to have had a good record as a coach.

Unfortunately, when a person is accused of child sex abuse or child molestation, a prior clean record does not matter. Any San Jose criminal defense lawyer will tell you that child sex abuse crimes are some of the most aggressively prosecuted crimes in California. Prosecutors, police departments, detectives and social workers can be expected to make exhaustive efforts to make charges against the defendant stick.

Unfortunately, it's not that difficult to influence a child to make misleading statements about the behavior of an adult. Detectives may ask the child suggestive questions that are intended to influence the child’s answers. Very often, those answers point to criminal conduct.

Penalties after a sex crime conviction include not just a prison sentence, but also a lifelong registration in a federal sex offender registry. Sex offender registration means that future employers, personal acquaintances, spouses and neighbors will be aware of your sex crime conviction at the click of a mouse. As a convicted sex offender, you will be required to notify authorities every time you change residence after you have been released from prison. In fact, sex crimes belong to a rare category of crimes in which the punishment for the victim continues over the rest of the person’s life.