by Protect Youth Sports | Jul 22, 2010 | Breaking News
A former Little League coach is has plead guilty to charges of downloading child pornography on July 14. Everett Abney, 42, was a coach for 5 to 7 in Edison’s Midtown National Little League and was still actively coaching when FBI agents first interviewed him on Feb....
by Protect Youth Sports | May 20, 2010 | Breaking News
https://www.protectyouthsports.com Three coaches or youth sports officials were recently arrested, charged or convicted of crimes. Coach background checks and volunteer screening may have prevented at least one coach from having access to girls he coached.
by Protect Youth Sports | May 13, 2010 | Breaking News
A convicted sex offender and former Bloomington youth sports coach has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for molesting two girls at a hotel room where he was supposed to be baby-sitting last spring. Randy Lee Ronning, 37, pleaded guilty in March to two counts of...
by Protect Youth Sports | May 11, 2010 | Breaking News
STILLWATER – Police say Michael Hanehan, the head coach of the Stillwater Varsity Girls’ basketball team, attacked a woman with his fists and a lamp late Saturday night. He was tracked down early Sunday morning and charged with felony assault. An...
by Protect Youth Sports | May 6, 2010 | Breaking News
By Michael R. Sisak (Staff Writer) Published: April 27, 2010 A Back Mountain sports official arrested last week for possessing dozens of child pornography videos and photographs has been dismissed as the president of a youth basketball organization and suspended from...
by Protect Youth Sports | Apr 28, 2010 | Breaking News, Compliance Updates
The Florida Senate recently passed a bill mandating coach background checks. Youth sports coaches would have to undergo background checks under a bill unanimously passed by the Florida Senate. The chamber Friday sent the legislation (SB 150) to the House where a...
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