Not again!!!

First and foremost this man is innocent until proven guilty, but because they can't find him doesn't give me a good feeling. This is a high profile HS softball program that has been nationally recognized. This really hurts my heart.

How do we better arm and protect our kids??

Woodlands High softball coach wanted for sex assault of child | khou.com

There's an update in the link, he killed himself. I don't want to say good riddance but...

If you haven't done it pull up the watch list in your area, you might be supprised if you have not done it before.

Gosh I don't know what to say. He was a respected coach and led his highschool to state championships. The players loved and respected him. This is going to have our softball community reeling, and parents' will be on even higher alert. Very devastating for all involved.

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There's an update in the link, he killed himself. I don't want to say good riddance but...

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Woodlands HS coach wanted for child sex assault kills self | khou.com

Just Wow. How do those kids even finish out the year much less get through today?

And how did this one get past me??? 2 in one week. Geez.

High school coach accused of inappropriate relationship with...

Seems like a lot in our area too!

Orange Socks said:

Just Wow. How do those kids even finish out the year much less get through today?

And how did this one get past me??? 2 in one week. Geez.

High school coach accused of inappropriate relationship with...

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Saw this one too...unfortunately I heard about both from DD this morning. And DD has worked with this one. Stunned to say in the least.

Oh, this makes me sick to my stomach. It also makes me feel like I should probably stay at every practice to make sure all is well. I hate thinking like that.

cuzmail said:

Seems like a lot in our area too!

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I work with a lot of people who do research for a lot of things - one who specializes in historical criminal statistics.

He told me that once you start digging you find that when you use the same criteria used today that there is really a lot less crime per capita than ever, but because of the way communication and reporting has changed, the awareness level is making it appear way worse.

It is now easier to hear about incidents and the awareness that are not local and social stigma of reporting crimes has also changed. So now people are more likely to report 'weird Uncle Creepy' instead of hiding it as a family secret or a social system is less likely to find ways to hide it, or it is no longer an open secret that people don't talk about - it still happens, but not how it used to.

As few as twenty years ago there would be no way we would have heard about either of these cases unless we were local to the incident and there is a higher probability that the crime itself would either never been discovered or reported.

He also found that for the same reasons some crimes are now 'bigger' and better organized for the same communication reasons - it is much easier for like people to communicate with other like them