Superintendent: Coach accused in rape case had passed background check

When Damien Hyatt was hired by Moriarty High School as an assistant football coach two years ago, he passed his background check and didn’t raise any “red flags,” according to Tom Sullivan, the superintendent for the Moriarty-Edgewood School District. But on Wednesday, the 24-year-old coach was arrested and charged with 12 counts of raping a […]