Sex Offender umpires youth baseball
While reading the news websites over the last few days I've seen a story of a registered sex offender (convicted of flashing 2 separate times) who was employed by an area park to umpire the youth baseball games.What?
The group even did background checks, but only on coaches and other personnel who might have one-on-one time with the children. Granted, it's great that those background checks were conducted. But I doubt there's one parent out there that would be fine knowing a convicted flasher is hanging around their kids, whether other adults were present or not. And the majority of the parents would gladly pay an extra few dollars for the additional searches. Who is to say that the offender wouldn't be alone in a restroom with a child and flash him/ her there? Or catch a kid whose parents are distracted by another child and lure him away to cause harm?
Let us all not forget Morgan Nick, who was abducted in this very manner, her parents were watching their other child play ball, and the girl was off playing, and hasn't been seen since. The exact situation that happened here could of happened to another child because someone didn't have enough insight to check the umpires because other adults would be present.
Bad idea folks... try to think ahead next time.
posted by ~ Amanda X&O @ 9:04 AM
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