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Cops: Youth baseball coach stalked rival

Robert Sanfilippo, 45, was arrested during a game

Photo credit: Suffolk County Police Dept. | Robert Sanfilippo, 45, was arrested during a game at Baseball Heaven in Yaphank and is being charged with aggravated harassment and stalking, Suffolk police said. (Sept. 22, 2012)

A youth baseball coach from Huntington stalked his rival's family with threatening text messages and was arrested Friday during a game at Baseball Heaven in Yaphank, Suffolk police said.

Robert Sanfilippo, 45, who manages the Long Island Vengeance team of 10- to 11-year-old boys, got into a dispute with another coach during a tournament in May, police said.

He bought an untraceable...

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