Youth football coach charged in sex assault case
Brownsville man, Uniontown woman face charges
A Brownsville man who served as a volunteer firefighter and a youth football coach allegedly helped to plan multiple instances of sexual assault of a boy, according to charges filed on Wednesday.
James Brooks Jr., 46, allegedly told Patricia Mudery, 47, of Uniontown, how he wanted her to assault the boy. Mudery filmed the assaults and sent them to Brooks between November 2025 and February, according to court paperwork.
State police said the investigation started after a woman reported she’d received five videos depicting the alleged assaults on March 13.
When police went to Brooks’ home to interview him, he identified himself as a lieutenant with the Luzerne Township Volunteer Fire Department and was wearing a department T-shirt, court paperwork stated. The complaint also identified him as a youth football coach.
He reportedly told troopers someone sent him the videos, and said he was able to identify the boy in them and knew he was a minor. Brooks, police said, is a mandated reporter under Pennsylvania law, meaning he is required to report any suspicions of child abuse or neglect.
During an interview with troopers, Mudery allegedly admitted she engaged in sexual activity with the boy and filmed it, but said she did so because Brooks asked her to.
According to court paperwork, Mudery told police the boy said he did not want to have any sexual contact.
On March 20, police served a search warrant at Brooks’ home. The complaint stated he gave them his cellphone and pass code. When police reviewed the phone, they found it had been purchased four days earlier.
An analysis of the phone showed the data had been backed up from his old phone, and police found 19 videos of Mudery having sex with the youth.
The phone also revealed that Brooks conducted online searches as to whether he could get arrested if he told Mudery to have sex with the boy, court documents state.
Mudery and Brooks face charges of rape, sexual abuse of children, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse – forcible compulsion, indecent assault, sexual extortion, endangering welfare of children, corruption of minors, filming sex acts, and criminal use of a telecommunications facility.
Brooks is also charged with failing to act as a mandatory reporter of child abuse in his role as firefighter and youth football coach.
He was arraigned Wednesday and denied bond. Mudery has yet to be arraigned.
No preliminary hearing date had been set as of Wednesday afternoon.