{"id":773009,"date":"2026-07-01T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773009\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:30:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:30:34","slug":"edmonton-youth-volleyball-coach-pleads-guilty-to-possessing-child-sex-abuse-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/773009\/","title":{"rendered":"Edmonton youth volleyball coach pleads guilty to possessing child sex abuse materials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton police believe there could be more complainants against a youth volleyball coach who pleaded guilty in court to possessing child sexual abuse materials earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The Edmonton Police Service says \u201cnew information\u201d leads investigators to believe there could be additional victims.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Cabral, 33, pleaded guilty to the charges against him on June 15, nearly 13 months after being arrested. He was released on court-imposed conditions and has a sentence hearing scheduled for October.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing the court\u2019s decision to release the accused after charges were initially laid, police continued their investigation and learned about new information that suggests that there may be additional complainants,\u201d said EPS Sgt. Maciej Rocki.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that conversations with children are hard for family and friends to have when these matters arise, but we want to ensure that we are able to provide support and a safe environment for anyone who may have information to come forward and speak with police.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Police say Cabral coached and refereed youth volleyball teams in Edmonton involving players between the ages of 12 to 17.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Edmonton as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=edmonton.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778178555_824_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Edmonton police believe there could be more complainants against a youth volleyball coach who pleaded guilty in court&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773010,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194294],"tags":[49,48,23752],"class_list":["post-773009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-edmonton","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-edmonton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773009"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773009\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}