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UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- A youth baseball coach on Thursday was ordered to stand trial for allegedly promising to pay one of his players $25 to hurt a 9-year-old mentally disabled teammate.
Eight-year-old Keith Reese testified at a preliminary hearing that T-ball coach Mark R. Downs Jr. made the offer before a June 27 playoff game.
"He told me if I would hit [the teammate] in the face, he would pay me $25," Keith said.
...Downs, 27, will be arraigned Sept. 15 on two counts of criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault and one count each of corruption of minors, criminal conspiracy and recklessly endangering another person.
...Reese's father, Keith Reese Sr., testified that the coach admitted after the game to offering his son money to hurt the other boy.
"He told me, 'I did something ignorant. I told [Keith] I'd give him $25 to hit Harry in the face to take him out of the game,'" Reese said.
Because this entire affair wasn't sordid enough already, the latest wrinkle is the corruption of the meaning of the word "ignorant." But that's the least of this waste of flesh's problems right now. (Plus his picture looks like he's wearing a suit three sizes too small and that he should be looking for Blue's Clues.)
PS: Still notking pope dead. Prediction accurate. Sigh.
Eight-year-old Keith Reese testified at a preliminary hearing that T-ball coach Mark R. Downs Jr. made the offer before a June 27 playoff game.
"He told me if I would hit [the teammate] in the face, he would pay me $25," Keith said.
...Downs, 27, will be arraigned Sept. 15 on two counts of criminal solicitation to commit aggravated assault and one count each of corruption of minors, criminal conspiracy and recklessly endangering another person.
...Reese's father, Keith Reese Sr., testified that the coach admitted after the game to offering his son money to hurt the other boy.
"He told me, 'I did something ignorant. I told [Keith] I'd give him $25 to hit Harry in the face to take him out of the game,'" Reese said.
Because this entire affair wasn't sordid enough already, the latest wrinkle is the corruption of the meaning of the word "ignorant." But that's the least of this waste of flesh's problems right now. (Plus his picture looks like he's wearing a suit three sizes too small and that he should be looking for Blue's Clues.)
PS: Still not
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