Videos of Showering Boys Gets Ex-Vice Principal 6 Years

Patrick Lott, former Bernardsville Middle School administrator, admits videotaping boys in showers at Immaculata.

Patrick Lott, assistant principal at Bernardsville Middle School prior to his arrest in December 2011, pleaded guilty Wednesday to videotaping boys in the showers at Immaculata High School where he was a volunteer basketball coach. Lott, appearing in the afternoon before Superior Court Judge Julie Marino, agreed to a six-year prison sentence as part of a plea agreement with the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. He also agreed to forfeit his state educator’s certificates and will be subject to the terms of Megan’s Law, requiring the registration of sex offenders. James Wronko, Lott’s attorney, said his client agreed to the deal because he wanted to spare the victims, the Immaculata school community, and his family the ordeal of going …

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Former Immaculata Coach Indicted on 91 Counts

Patrick Lott accused of videotaping nude boys in the Somerville school's shower.

A former Bernardsville middle school assistant principal and volunteer coach at Immaculata High School has been indicted on 91 counts in connection with allegedly videotaping nude boys in the shower of the Somerville school, the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday. Patrick Lott, 55, of Somerville, has been indicted on 29 counts of third-degree invasion of privacy, 30 counts of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child, 17 counts of third-degree endangering the welfare of a child and 15 counts of fourth-degree endangering the welfare of a child. In December 2011, detectives assigned to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit executed a search warrant of Lott's Somerville residence, the …

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Somerville Man Arrested for Having Videos of Nude Boys

The man was allegedly found with videos of boys at Immaculata High School.

A Somerville man was charged Friday with endangering crimes after police allegedly found him with videos of naked boys showering at Immaculata High School, according to a release from the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office. Patrick Lott, 54, was charged with 22 counts of third degree invasion of privacy, nine counts of second degree endangering the welfare of a child, nine counts of third degree endangering the welfare of a child and nine counts of fourth degree endangering the welfare of a child. According to Somerset County Prosecutor Geoffrey Soriano, search warrants were executed at Lott's house on Dec. 13 and Dec. 16 through the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Unit. Detectives with the Computer Crimes …

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Mike

3:42 pm on Thursday, January 5, 2012

@Kenneth: While it doesn't look good for Lott, I never said he was guilty or innocent. I cited a very well-known tenet of law. Although the Constitution of the United States does not cite it explicitly, presumption of innocence is widely held to follow from the 5th, 6th, and 14th amendments. See also Coffin v. United States and In re Winship. (borrowed from Wikipedia or read more here: http://www…   more ›

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Cullinan Enjoying Career Year for Moravian

Bridgewater native Jeff Cullinan is one of the more improved players to come through Moravian College's program.

Moravian College men’s basketball coach Jim Walker has been the program’s coach for 32 years, and there is no doubt that Bridgewater native, and Immaculata High School graduate, now senior Jeff Cullinan is one of the more improved players to come through the program under Walker’s tenure. Cullinan, a business management major, is starting consistently for the first time in his career. Through the team’s first nine games—Moravian is 3-6 on the season—Cullinan is averaging 8.1 points a game and 4.8 rebounds a game. Both are career highs, and prior to this season, Cullinan started a total of five games in career. “He has gone from a bench player as a freshman to a role player as a sophomore and junior, and now a senior starter,” Walker said…

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