STATE COLLEGE — Former longtime Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, known for his charitable work with at-risk children and for helping establish the school’s Linebacker U reputation, is facing charges stemming from an investigation that he indecently assaulted a teenage boy, newspapers reported Friday.

The Patriot-News of Harrisburg reported that charges were filed against Sandusky, 67, and entered into the state court system’s online docket. The charging papers, posted online by the newspaper, include involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of someone under 16, aggravated indecent assault of someone under 16, indecent assault of someone under 16, indecent assault of someone under 13, endangering the welfare of children and corruption of minors.

The paperwork listed a total of 40 counts as being filed in Centre County on Friday, with offenses dating back to 1996. A state police trooper was listed as the arresting officer.

The attorney general’s office had been investigating Sandusky since 2009. Through a lawyer, Sandusky has maintained that he’s innocent. A message left at his lawyer’s office Friday was not returned.