L.A. police have charged a man with pranking at least a dozen NFL, NBA and college football coaches with phony job offers from various high-profile and teams.
Former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy was among Kenneth Edward Tarr's victims, according to ABC News, which also reports Dungy was contacted by a man now believed to Tarr representing himself as a USC official hoping to gauge his interest in the then open Trojan head football coach position.
Tarr, 32, was taken into custody at his Hollywood home on Monday and formally charged with felony eavesdropping. He had not been arraigned as of Monday evening and was being held on $20,000 bail.
"Such eavesdropping is a felony and the investigation is ongoing," LAPD officer Sally Madera told ABC, adding that under California law it is illegal to record someone without their consent. "We want to see if there are additional victims."
Law enforcement sources added they could not immediately say just how many franchises and schools coaching staffs were affected. After being fooled, Dungy talked about his apparent contact with USC on a national radio show, adding he had turned down the representative. He later tweeted that he had been misled by "someone acting on their own."
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