Ex-N.J. coach gets probation for sex with teen

HACKENSACK, N.J. - A former North Jersey high school football coach will not serve jail time for sex acts with a 17-year-old female student and for asking the girl to lie about their relationship.

Scott Rubinetti, 40, instead was sentenced Friday to five years of probation. He must register as a sex offender under Megan's Law and is barred from working or volunteering as a teacher or a coach. Rubinetti pleaded guilty last month to criminal sexual contact and witness-tampering in a plea deal with Bergen County prosecutors.

Rubinetti coached at Lyndhurst High School, where he also taught health and physical fitness, before being suspended after his arrest in January 2012. Prosecutors say the two had sex between 2009 and 2010, when the girl was a senior at the school. - AP