Police: Softball coach in Pa. had sex with teen daughter's best friend

Falls Township Police

Kevin Jones is accused of having intimate contact with a girl starting when she was 14.

A married father of two who coaches girls' softball is accused of having a sexual relationship with his teenage daughter's best friend -- a girl who looked up to her coach as a father-like figure, according to a criminal complaint obtained by NBC10.

Kevin Jones, 34, of Fairless Hills, Pa., northeast of Philadelphia, is accused of having intimate contact with the girl starting when she was 14, according to Falls Township Police.

Police say that Jones would text and Facebook message with the girl, whom he coached on the same softball team, the Levittown Bulldogs, that his daughter played on. The girl and Jones would tell each other that they loved one another and he would refer to her as his "baby doll" and she would call him "daddy," according to a criminal complaint.

Jones allegedly told the girl, whose father left the picture about seven years ago, that she could consider him a father. "I'll be your dad from now on and I'll protect you like I'm your dad," Jones told the girl, according to the affidavit.

According to the criminal complaint, the relationship between the two started in the spring of 2012 with "flirting" as Jones would put his arm around the girl and hold her hand while speaking to her. Over time, the girl told police that their relationship progressed, first to kissing then to sexual activities and eventually to intercourse about two weeks ago.

The affidavit said that Jones' children were in his home during many of the alleged sex acts. The girl, now 15, told police that all the alleged sex was consensual and that no drugs or alcohol were involved.

Jones denies any sexual contact with the alleged victim outside of hugging and kissing that happened only in front of the girl's mother. The criminal complaint states that during questioning Jones told police, "I don't know if she thinks I touched her, we play fight."

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The relationship was uncovered after the teenager confided in her sister about the relationship and the girls' mother in turn reported it to Falls Township Police on Jan. 9. Around that time, the victim allegedly tried to warn Jones that her mother knew of their alleged relationship in a series of texts and Facebook messages that are referenced in the affidavit.

Those Facebook messages date back to June of 2011, when the girl was just 13, and include messages where Jones threatens to kill any boy the girl has interest in, according to the affidavit.

Police planned to serve a search warrant at Jones' home on Jan. 25, but around 2 p.m. the home burned down. Jones and his family escaped the blaze and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

Jones was arrested Monday and charged with six counts including indecent sexual intercourse with a minor, statutory sexual assault, corruption of minors and related offenses. He was arraigned and held on $2 million bail, according to court documents.

By NBC10, Philadelphia

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  • 3 votes
#1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:02 AM EST

Jones denies any sexual contact with the alleged victim outside of hugging and kissing that happened only in front of the girl's mother.

  • Then, the day before the search of his home....

Police planned to serve a search warrant at Jones' home on Jan. 25, but around 2 p.m. the home burned down.

Wow, what an unfortunate coincidence.... Hmmmmmm...

Scumbag. It does not surprise me that he even did what he did with a minor considering he was also "Stupid" enough to sexually text and Facebook her. What a complete idiot.

If anything, I really feel sorry for his discraced wife & kids. They should just move to another state since they'll now be walking around with this BS tattooed on their foreheads for everybody to mock...

  • 61 votes
#1.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:51 AM EST

There are probably thousands of school kids getting abused by coaches and teachers. They see the consequences but still keep doing it, it's the primal want what you don't have and to relive youth.

He will be the youngster in prison doing all kinds of tricks which will be well deserved.........

  • 18 votes
#1.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:09 AM EST

Creek Dog

Scumbag. It does not surprise me that he even did what he did with a minor considering he was also "Stupid" enough to sexually text and Facebook her. What a complete idiot.

gm Creek Dog

Any adult who thinks boffing a teenager (much less your own kid's best friend) is a good idea is providing prima facie evidence of criminal stupidity.

  • 19 votes
#1.3 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:13 AM EST

GM Creek Dog & Denver

If he had not been busted with this one, it would just be a matter of time before he made his TV debut on Catching a Predator on NBC.

  • 23 votes
#1.4 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:29 AM EST

And he is only one of the ones that got caught.

  • 23 votes
#1.5 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:43 AM EST

GM Creek Dog!

This is a truly disturbing story. What a dirtbag! Especially with his daughter's best friend??? Wonder what said daughter thinks of her "loving" father now??? Throw the book at him! As a mother, I would take care of this guy myself!

Okeeboy, you said it! Just a matter of time before he got caught with someone!

  • 16 votes
#1.6 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:01 AM EST

from the article:

Police planned to serve a search warrant at Jones' home on Jan. 25, but around 2 p.m. the home burned down. Jones and his family escaped the blaze and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

Uh, what an amazing coincidence. Guilty...

  • 19 votes
#1.7 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:06 AM EST

GM? Splain, if you please?

    #1.8 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:28 AM EST

    Um... if you mean "explain", it is abbreviated GOOD MORNING!

    • 9 votes
    #1.9 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:32 AM EST

    I was willing to let the justice system determine his guilt without jumping to a guilty conclusion, until he explained that any touching was "play fight".

    Guilty.

    • 19 votes
    #1.10 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:41 AM EST

    The worst part was "I don't know if she thinks I touched her, we play fight."

    The is quite Jerry Sanduskiesque!!

    • 48 votes
    #1.11 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:44 AM EST

    Talk about a douche bag. I hope he get his ass beat in prison and more.

    • 15 votes
    #1.12 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:49 AM EST

    Sad, also, that this guy is such a narcissistic pig that his wife and daughters had to lose everything they own in order for him to attempt to destroy evidence. Now they are traumatized, stigmatized and have nothing with which to go forward and make a new life.

    • 44 votes
    #1.13 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:56 AM EST

    Yes...Most grown men "play fight" with 14 year old girls....If that were my daughter he'd get a bit of "play fighting" with a plunger in the ass....

    • 29 votes
    #1.14 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:11 AM EST

    Ok, first of all, I just want to say, "You can't judge a book by its cover", but in this case....Really, that teen chick must be really ugly or something. Seriously is that a face of attraction these days?

    Secondly, when adults start play fighting with little teenage girls nothing good ever comes out of it.

    • 13 votes
    #1.15 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:23 AM EST

    G'morning Marla and have a good day!

    • 4 votes
    #1.16 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:27 AM EST

    Maybe the house burned down when the wife took a blow torch to that irresistible stud's crotch.

    I'll never tell.

    • 23 votes
    #1.17 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:50 AM EST

    Jones would text and Facebook message with the girl, whom he coached on the same softball team,

    Im not at all blaming the victim's parents but parents should keep tabs on their kids social media interactions - facebook and text messages to a cell phone. This could have been prevented had the parents of the victim checked into her life just a little bit.

    • 15 votes
    #1.18 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:03 AM EST

    I would bet that his also "played fight " with his daughter its only a matter of time before that comes out!

    • 14 votes
    #1.19 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:12 AM EST

    Jonathan F - Agree 100% - How do you allow your 13/14 year old free reign on the internet. No, this is not the mothers fault, but is a good lesson to those allowing the same with their kids. Keep the computer in a family location where people are always around, and be open about checking up on their Facebook interactions (if you must allow them to be on FB at age 13).

    • 10 votes
    #1.20 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:20 AM EST

    I'm not saying this kind of thing didn't happen but life was a whole lot simpler back in the fifties and sixties. All of his families lives ruined because of a failure of one person. He should never be allowed to forget what he has done to that girl and his family.

    • 4 votes
    #1.21 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:45 AM EST

    Another predator preying on needy kids. Yick.

    • 7 votes
    #1.22 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:58 AM EST

    Why is this male suspect being held on 2 million dollars bail but the female school teacher who had sex with four students in Texas free on $10,000 bail? Sexual discrimination???

    • 12 votes
    #1.23 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:57 PM EST

    Ford - it absolutely happened in the 50's and 60's...only difference, it wasnt ok to talk about it.

    What you object to is hearing about it, knowing that it happens, and having to care.

    Ignorance is bliss, no doubt about that.

    Am I the only one who doesnt understand the sexual side of calling your male partner "daddy"?

    I hear it in a lot of rap music, and i've seen it in a great deal of tv and movies...so it's not like it's some new thing...but the incestous nature of "pet name" just grosses me out to no end.

    In this case, it was a lot more accurate than it should be...this man exploited the fact that this girl had no father figure in her life, and attempted to gain her trust by playing that role for her - and continued that theme into their sexual relationship.

    I don't get it and I never will...

    • 16 votes
    #1.24 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:00 PM EST

    Why is this male suspect being held on 2 million dollars bail but the female school teacher who had sex with four students in Texas free on $10,000 bail? Sexual discrimination???

    She had sex with 4 consenting adults. Kevin Jones raped a girl who had no legal standing to consent to sex. One is a case of improprities by a person in a position of authority; the other is a case of statuatory rape. Quite different as the teacher is not a child predator.

    • 12 votes
    #1.25 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:30 PM EST

    Bob.....Even though they were 18 they were students and it is still considered rape since the teacher was in a position of authority....So no it is only different if we as a society allow it to be....

    • 6 votes
    #1.26 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:54 PM EST

    PRISON.

    • 2 votes
    #1.27 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:01 PM EST

    I am not sure that is true, Rob. It is considered "sexual misconduct", but I have never heard that called "rape".

    • 11 votes
    #1.28 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:29 PM EST

    Rob, it is illegal in TX for a teacher to have sexual activities with a student over the age of 18, but I don't think it's rape according to the statutes.

    Of course, anyone who has sex with, and is at least 2(or 1, I don't recall) years older than, someone under 18, is rape by statute, regardless of any perceived "consent" by the minor. So, if I have the numbers correct, a 17 y/o having sex with a 16 y/o is not rape--assuming it is consensual. TX lawyers, correct me if I am mistaken.

    • 4 votes
    #1.29 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:40 PM EST

    It is still considered a sexual offense...So maybe the word "rape" is the wrong word..Either way, even if they were 18, she is still guilty of a sexual offense...

    • 2 votes
    #1.30 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:47 PM EST

    OK. No argument.

    • 1 vote
    #1.31 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:56 PM EST

    Where are all the comments giving the coach a big thumbs up and wishing they had coaches like him when they were in school like they do when the predator is an attractive female teacher?

    • 5 votes
    #1.32 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:56 PM EST

    Don't know Iron..you tell us....

    • 2 votes
    #1.33 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:52 PM EST

    If he's guilty, cut his nuts off with a dull knife.

    • 2 votes
    #1.34 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:52 PM EST

    Hands down, the most convenient house fire in the history of house fires.

    • 10 votes
    #1.35 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:28 PM EST

    This girl clearly doesn't feel like anything is wrong. I had a gf 28 at the time i was with her, but she said she had sex at 14 with an older man and never had any issues come about because of it. Not saying its right to do, but should we really be causing extremely more harm to someone than they ever did? Everyones talking about how he ruined his wife and daughters life, but really doesn't that happen any time someone cheats? We don't throw cheaters in jail. I think every one of you people are scumbags just like this man is for being so dumb.

    • 3 votes
    #1.36 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:40 PM EST

    Really Brian? How is prosecuting this guy harmful to this girl? I hope your children are safe from you.

    • 12 votes
    #1.37 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:11 PM EST

    Brain...You daughter is 14...She does it with a 35 yr old...You cool?

    • 11 votes
    #1.38 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:23 PM EST

    It doesn't matter what the guy looks like. This girl didn't have a father, so he was probably the only male that took interest in her, promising to take care of her, protect her, etc. It's all about control with sexual predators. I'm hoping his daughter was not taken advantage of, also. If I were his wife, I'd divorce him fast enough to make his head spin (and all his other body parts, too!)

    Unfortunately, when you're young like this girl, you believe a lot of things. He probably told her he "loved" her, which she believed.

    This disgusting pos deserves everything he gets. The police don't know what the cause of the home fire was? Really? This guy may have gotten rid of some photographic evidence on his computer, but posting texts and, most likely, pics was absolutely stupid and obscene on his part.

    I hope this girl recovers from this fiasco and can become stronger and wiser for it.

    • 9 votes
    #1.39 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:25 PM EST

    BrianB...Obviously your ex-girlfriend had issues stemming from her being raped at 14...she dated you with your stinkin thinkin.

    • 9 votes
    #1.40 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:49 PM EST

    The police don't know what the cause of the home fire was? Really? This guy may have gotten rid of some photographic evidence on his computer

    You are probably right, Kris. Also, it wouldn't surprise me if there was DNA all over this creep's house.

    gmk - I know you didn't mean for it to be funny, but I giggled at 'stinkin thinkin'. I can't wait to use it in a conversation. Hope you don't mind.

    • 2 votes
    #1.41 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:51 PM EST

    Forget the cathoilic church. Something needs to be done about all the pedophiles in the public school system. This is the 4th story this week I have read where a school employee is raping children.

    • 3 votes
    #1.42 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:18 PM EST

    In Texas, a teacher touching or having sex with a student, is considered a felony. It doesn't matter the age of the student.

    • 1 vote
    #1.43 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:11 PM EST

    @ Dick-2100935, post 1.5

    You are absolutely right. People are being busted everyday with child porn and just today a man abducted 2 children off a bus, shooting the bus driver to do so. Again is seems the more we lock up the more crawl out of the wood work. Will it ever end? How long will he be in prison and what will happen when he gets out? Why should we let him out if he is found guilty? We can only guess why this man burned his home down. I thank God everyone involved are still alive!

      #1.44 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:54 PM EST

      Wait... when will we hear calls to end Softball leagues. After all everytime someone affiliated with a religious organization engages in sexual activity with kids, atheists call for the end of religion. So, now we should end softball because a coach had sex with a player, right?!?? Either religious or secular, the man should go to jail of he does this kind of stuff.... But people on Newsvine/NBCNews should be consistent.

      • 3 votes
      #1.45 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:08 PM EST

      What a deviant!! I truly feel for the wife and kids, and I hope and pray they can get past this horrific experience!!!!!

      But to make a point, and be the devils advocate for arguements sake. He was born this way, with these animalistic desires, and there is proof in nature that many animal species have the same tendacies. Shouldn't we be more tolerant and accepting of people with these sexual attractions and depravities, just like the GAY same sex marriage and Boy Scout leaders, that are adopting and developing of our youth. Shouldn't we be tolerant of people that have these attractions, because they just can not help who they are???

      Chastity is a choice, that gay relations and this incident are completely contradicting to good chaste people, and the moral purpose of a married man and wifes sexual relations.

      The wife was chaste and will be blessed and looked after by my Father in Heaven, and her children will mentally overcome this ghastly experience, for God's peace will be in their hearts. If all those that have faith in HIM, remember these victims in their prayers, for he does and will always answer the prayers of the faithful.

        #1.46 - Wed Jan 30, 2013 6:09 AM EST

        @differnet

        If softball leagues methodically hid coaches and actively worked to stifle police investigations into the crimes, you bet that people would be against softball.

        As it stands now, it's a coach that was caught and facing the court. The church however, has been methodical, dishonest, and almost outright criminal in it's role in criminal behavior.

        Atheists don't call for an end to religion due to pedophile priests, but because it's a bronze age mythology and superstition and in the 21st century less and less people believe in *magic* and don't think that it should have any role in society, government, or law.

        • 2 votes
        #1.47 - Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:50 PM EST

        Losghost... Ahhh, but just last week, the people of newsvine were calling for the end of religion when a youth lay person was arrested for having sex with a girl in his youth group. The church turned him in..... I think the Catholic Church deserved to have its pants sued off for hiding pedophiles and putting more kids at risk. That doesn't mean I think you should get rid of the Catholic Church.

        So, you think that the boy scouts should be ended then because we know now that they hid their pedophiles too.

          #1.48 - Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:13 PM EST

          See, this is bad but I wouldn't have waited for the cops, I would have handled this quickly and quietly, all by myself. I am a single mom and I do monitor my daughter's FB, texts, etc. but these predators are everywhere and they are very crafty, well some of them. My daughter is my one and only priority. God forbid something like this ever happens to her, but if it were to happen you can bet your sweet ass it would be the last time this guy ever did anything again. These guys never change and they rarely get the prison sentence they deserve. 10 in the clip and 1 in the chamber are more than enough for me. If that makes me an animal, woof...if it makes me as bad as one of them, oh well, at least your daughter won't be next.

          His poor wife and children, how devastating. They have literally lost everything but their lives. I think I would get a divorce as fast as possible, taking whatever money was left, change our last name and move as far away as possible. Remembering, of course, to terminate his parental rights. I can't imagine what "the best friend" is thinking about her friend and her father. I do hope for the wife's sake, the fire is ruled accidental so the insurance will pay out so she has the money to start over. My thoughts and prayers are with both of these families in hopes they can find peace and a the path to recovery.

          • 2 votes
          #1.49 - Fri Feb 1, 2013 6:52 AM EST
          Reply

          We will now see if those who thought it was fine for the female teacher to bang her teen-aged student, also think that it is fine for the male teacher to bang his teen-aged player.

          • 13 votes
          Reply#2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:04 AM EST

          There's a lot more going on here than just adultery and illicit sex with a young teen. IF he's found guilty of the charges, death threats and arson might be a clue that this guy is a danger to anyone that he feels is threatening him. How many other children has he molested, raped or coerced???

          • 27 votes
          #2.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:14 AM EST

          The part that bothers me the most is that he will not get the same sentence as a woman. Women get a slap on the wrist for this, and he will do 20 years. Either give them all 20 years, or give them 2...just make it the same sentence.

          By the way, I had to laugh as his stupid explanation: Maybe she thought...wrestling...Yeah, right, we ALL buy that.

          • 14 votes
          #2.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:29 AM EST

          You can call me "Daddy"...interesting. I love it here in America. You people are so interesting.

          • 3 votes
          #2.3 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:46 AM EST

          How stupid and perverted. Now he will probably get kicked off Facebook ! ( sarcasm )

          • 2 votes
          #2.4 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:50 AM EST

          @ KevinC

          A married 30 or 40 something woman in Florida had sex with one of her sons friends. His mother found out, she went to court, found guilty, and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Since she was out on bail awaiting her appeal, she and her husband and family "moved" to Canada, where she tried to claim asylum. The Canadians arrested her for "moving" to their country without informing the authorities, and the last I heard she was still waiting for her case to be heard. Her name is Denise Harvey.

          • 8 votes
          #2.5 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:14 AM EST

          "You can call me "Daddy"...interesting. I love it here in America. You people are so interesting."

          Who you calling "YOU" people?

          • 11 votes
          #2.6 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:25 AM EST

          Kevin,

          The problem lies in the fact that the consequences for an underage male who has intercourse and an underage female who has intercourse are different. The male is in no danger of becoming pregnant and having the next 18 yrs of his life dedicated for him when he's only 13 yrs old.

          HOWEVER! This guy is a creep from the word go. If 15 will get you 20, then 13 ought to get him 25-30. For being an adult, a teacher and a coach he still doesn't know jack squat about his students and players- or girls/women for that matter. This isn't strictly scientific, but I'll stand by it... Girls/women have a confession gene/trait such that whenever one has a deep, dark, dirty secret she is going to find someone they trust to tell all about it and have a cluck over it. Of course, that trusted person told the secret now has a secret of their own and needs to discuss it with HER best/most trusty friend and so on and so on. That this dope didn't know this or put the knowledge to practical implementation tells me he isn't smarter than the kids he teaches/coaches. I'm surprised it took 2 weeks to nail him once the secret was out!

          John Browning,

          Pray tell, what paradise do you hail from where this type of activity never occurs? As far as I know, we humans are pretty pervy all across the world and "Daddy" has been a rather common bedroom nickname. It is especially pervy sounding in this case though, isn't it?

          • 4 votes
          #2.7 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:09 AM EST

          @wiseone-6051514, you know as well as I know, that is the exception to the rule.

          @Merlin-420455, I have to disagree with you totally. First, the law is the law, and not written differently for the different sexes. Second, if the girl becomes a parent, so does the boy. In today's age, they are just as likely to get hit with child support, IF the girl pursues it. Your views are antiquated, to say the least.

          Don't get me wrong, I think he is a creep. I just think that the women should all get 20-year sentences too, but all too often, they get off VERY easy, and that is not right.

          • 5 votes
          #2.8 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:27 AM EST

          Kevin C -

          I don't know about the specifics, you may want to provide support for your statement that women get off easier. Maybe incarceration rates and sentencing data for convicted statutory rapists, settled out by gender.

          Now, on that note, judges are given some leeway in determining sentences. It used to be that they had all leeway, and could use their discretion to decide whether a person had shown true remorse and acted in a way which indicated no future transgressions, or had to be locked away permanently with no interaction with other people for the rest of their lives, or something in between. Now, federal sentencing guidelines, particularly mandatory minimums, have restricted that leeway, but have not done away with it completely. It may be that judges do show preference towards women offenders, perhaps because of sexist tendencies, perhaps because the women were better actors, or perhaps because they were truly convinced that the women were much less likely to serially offend than the men. I don't know, and I don't even know if there is a trend. But, my guess is that the answer lies in the data. So quit whining and do the math! (as my Physics teacher was fond of saying)

          Merlin -

          Um, I don't think that's a "female" quality so much as being inherent in the human race. Men like to do that, too. How many idiots have we caught because they got stupid and bragged to their friend(s) about their "conquests" and what they've gotten away with?

            #2.9 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:49 AM EST

            This is not an isolated incident, there are creepers like this guy everywhere.
            Parents need to stop being so trusting with the care of their children to others.
            Other parents had to have witnessed such questionable behavior.
            Even adults prey on innocent adults in organizations.
            They can be anybody, they try to play the victim themselves to ensnare their innocent victims into their schemes.
            They are predators, either financial or sexual. They are perfect con people who believe their own lies to justify their actions.
            But, then again, need to be careful not to accuse the innocent of wrong doing.
            People do need to listen to those alarms that resides inside of them, those gut instincts..
            Listen to it...
            When something isn't right, it usually isn't.

            • 3 votes
            #2.10 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:56 AM EST

            I'm from right here in the good ole USA. BTW...you can call me daddy.

            • 2 votes
            #2.11 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:45 PM EST
            Reply

            "I'll be your dad from now on and I'll protect you like I'm your dad," Jones told the girl, according to the affidavit.

            UGH!!!

            the victim allegedly tried to warn Jones that her mother knew of their alleged relationship in a series of texts and Facebook messages that are referenced in the affidavit. Those Facebook messages date back to June of 2011, when the girl was just 13, and include messages where Jones threatens to kill any boy the girl has interest in, according to the affidavit.

            These people are that stupid to continue posting these things on-line??? Maybe that's a good thing.

            Police planned to serve a search warrant at Jones' home on Jan. 25, but around 2 p.m. the home burned down. Jones and his family escaped the blaze and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

            My goodness...what an unhappy coincidence...the house burns down at the same time that he's about to be served with a search warrant and any potential damning evidence is destroyed.

            If he's found guilty, is there any reason to for someone this dangerous not to receive the DP??? Wishful thinking but this creep is a little more seriously deranged than some of the other ones we've been reading about here.

            • 11 votes
            Reply#3 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:07 AM EST

            chefaz-1319563

            If he's found guilty, is there any reason to for someone this dangerous not to receive the DP???

            The words "Let the punishment fit the crime" come to mind.

            • 5 votes
            #3.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:16 AM EST

            Dear Lord... death penalty? Methinks the lady doth protest too much.

            "Rape"... come on. Put statutory in front of that please.

            The guy's a ephebophile, not a pedophile.

            I mean, we still live in a nation where this girl could have been boppin an older man legally with her parent's consent and a marriage license.

            • 10 votes
            #3.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:28 AM EST

            What's the bloody difference??? Never mind jail time... this guy need to have his children taken away from him. His wife needs to divorce him, take his kids & all his possessions and disappear. he'll need to look over his shoulder for the rest of his life for if it were my daughter, I would stop his clock.

            • 7 votes
            #3.3 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:18 PM EST

            Oh I'm sure he'll get "DP" in prison by two big dudes named "Big Percy" and "Ox".

            • 5 votes
            #3.4 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:48 PM EST

            How would any one of you describe this type of behavior, most especially to an impressionable 13 year old child long abandoned by her father???

            when the girl was just 13, and include messages where Jones threatens to kill any boy the girl has interest in

            Coincidence???

            Police planned to serve a search warrant at Jones' home on Jan. 25, but around 2 p.m. the home burned down. Jones and his family escaped the blaze and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

            So did the family "escape" because they were not at home or did the perp, wife and children literally escape the blaze??? The information is not noted in the article or the link. If he deliberately burned down his own home, then not only did he put his family at risk but others were also placed at risk, such as first responders, any possible good samaritans, etc.

            Do you really think this little girl was the only one the creep was "boppin"???

            There were reasons for this - damned good ones.

            He was arraigned and held on $2 million bail, according to court documents.

            I thoroughly expected to take heat on this one but guess what - I'll stand by it. As it has been so aptly put by Jim

            if it were my daughter, I would stop his clock.

            Again, wishful thinking on my part. Will it happen, would it even be an issue if he's found guilty??? No and I think everyone knows that but if guilty on all counts, exactly what punishment would fit the crime???

            • 2 votes
            #3.5 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:18 PM EST
            Reply

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            • 2 votes
            Reply#5 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:35 AM EST

            And everyone is worried about the Boy Scouts!

            • 7 votes
            Reply#6 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:00 AM EST

            This is the perfect example of why we can't trust gays around our kids!

            • 9 votes
            #6.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:03 AM EST

            First the relationship was hetersexual and not gay. Second, I think you were thinking of pedifile. I do not participate in or support any deviante sexual practice but I do believe people should know what they are saying.

            • 2 votes
            #6.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:43 AM EST

            Just Me, I believe that vermontguy was using a little thing called sarcasm

            • 15 votes
            #6.3 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:55 AM EST

            Just Me-4786302

            I think you were thinking of pedifile. I do not participate in or support any deviante sexual practice but I do believe people should know what they are saying.

            If that's the case, then you should be aware that pedophiles are attracted to pre-pubescent children.

            • 3 votes
            #6.4 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:19 AM EST

            vermontguy

            This is the perfect example of why we can't trust gays around our kids!

            How long ago did you get that lobotomy?

            • 1 vote
            #6.5 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:27 AM EST

            Sarcasm. Learn it.

            • 4 votes
            #6.6 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:33 AM EST

            sarcasm is a known side effect of hrt

              #6.7 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:02 PM EST

              Conservatives will understand sarcasm

              the day they break their addiction to greed....

              not in my lifetime...

              • 2 votes
              #6.8 - Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:21 AM EST
              Reply

              Sorry - with the softball lead in I have to say it:

              If there's grass on the field...play ball!

              • 6 votes
              Reply#7 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:39 AM EST

              Oh my goodness gracious, they removed God from the softball field and that's why it happened, right? I mean that was said when those innocent kids got shot in CT.

              And to the people that think all girls softball is school releated, it ISN'T. Southern CA has softball leauges going year around. When the girls get into high school, then they play highschool softball, thus earning scholarships to college.

              I guess who ever posted that about the union doesn't understand much about girl's softball. That person just hates unions because no union would let him join.

              • 3 votes
              Reply#8 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:46 AM EST

              Oh my goodness gracious, they removed God from the softball field and that's why it happened, right? I mean that was said when those innocent kids got shot in CT.

              Actually, more people here commented that that's the problem with gun-free schools: everyone knows where the "soft targets" are. Prayer in schools hasn't even been discussed in Connecticut since the early 1960s when SCOTUS ruled it unconstitutional. But hey, thanks for bringing up a 50 year old dead issue!

              Actually, I hate unions because they increase costs, raise unemployment and engender a spirit of mediocrity.

              • 4 votes
              #8.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:07 AM EST

              The NRA is a UNION

              the GOP is a UNION

              are you married? it's friggin UNION !!

              ...or is it specifically Unions of LABORERS

              that you have your undies wadded all the way up there about ?

              What is it about people who labor that makes the rich & idiots recoil ?

              • 1 vote
              #8.2 - Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:29 AM EST

              No, the NRA is a special interest group. If it was a union, the Democratic Party wouldn't demonize it so.

              No, the GOP is a party. If it was a union, the Democratic party wouldn't demonize it so.

              Marriage is the union of two people. Last I checked, there was no seperate management.

              What is it about people who labor that makes the rich & idiots recoil ?

              Nothing about the people who labor, everything about the organization that causes the people who labor to lose jobs, for poeple to get stuck in dead-end jobs, lower competitiveness for companies, increase inefficiency, and bankrupt the organization(s) they're unionizing against. Yes, I said against, since 90% of the country seems to get by just dandy without unions.

              Oh, and while I'm at it: Unions did not improve working conditions. Henry Ford started that by doubling pay and reducing hours worked -- 8 years before there was a union at Ford.

                #8.3 - Wed Jan 30, 2013 12:24 PM EST
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                Independent thinker, I do believe your name is fitting. Independent definition; alone, by ones self, absent of others. Yes I do believe you are one of a kind. Thank You God, there s only one.

                • 4 votes
                Reply#9 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:48 AM EST

                Another case of a HETEROSEXUAL pedophile molesting an underage child.

                • 3 votes
                Reply#10 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:11 AM EST

                Another case of a person who doesn't know what the definition of pedophile is.

                • 8 votes
                #10.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:39 AM EST

                John,

                The term pedophile covers both heterosexuals and homosexuals that has a sexual relationship with a child (regardless of the child's sex). The term covers both. There is no "Heterosexual pedophile" or "Homosexual pedophile" as they are covered under one term. Trying to separate the two in order to try to make a point is useless when both are listed under ONE DEFINITION that deals with people who have a mental illness in being attracted to children. What many of you who try to separate the two don't seem to get through your head is that a pedophile DOESN'T CARE about what gender the child is. It's the act of having sex with them that gets them excited, not their gender.

                • 2 votes
                #10.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:41 AM EST

                on the bright side at least this guy wasnt molesting a player from the same team if you know what i mean.

                  #10.3 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:04 PM EST

                  The point I was making is 'underage' does not a pedophile make, and the uneducated idiots that keep acting like it does get on my nerves. The girl is a teenager, biologically capable of having children herself. He is not a pedophile. Adulterer, yep. Scumbag, yep. Pedophile, nope.

                  • 2 votes
                  #10.4 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:14 PM EST

                  Enough,

                  I wasn't correcting you in your point and I agree that "underage" does not include all children as pedophiles cover pre-pubecent children. I was correcting John's misunderstood view point of a pedophile between a heterosexual and homosexual separation.

                  But as someone had stated above in the previous comments, this man may be an ephebophile (an adult who has a sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15-17 depending on a state's law stating when a teenager is legally an adult), but only if other victims come forward as proof that there were more than just this girl. I agree with you though that he is most likely an adulterer and made the stupid decision to take advantage of a girl who is incapable of understanding what was happening and that she was being manipulated for this guy's own personal wants.

                  • 1 vote
                  #10.5 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 3:33 PM EST
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                  Here's some advice for any idiot who would have sexual relations with a teen. I worked in K-12 many years as a Public Safety Officer so i know of what i speak.......No kid, let me repeat no kid can keep this crap secret, if you think so youre and idiot. No teen can keep anything secret for ten minutes, somebody will find out sooner or later. So DONT DO IT....its scummy and shameful. I understand that some teachers and coaches are only a few years older than some of these kids.....BUT YOURE STILL THE ADULT. Act like it.......

                  • 4 votes
                  Reply#11 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:13 AM EST

                  Scaring me...

                  • 2 votes
                  #11.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:35 AM EST

                  I did. For 32 years I never told a soul.....not even my husband later on. I finally told a therapist when the ramifications of it began to destroy my life. I deal with many other survivors and you would be surprised how many never told. It's amazing what these pigs will tell you to keep your mouth shut and kids believe it. Often they do not have the life experience and are not developmentally mature enough to understand how they are being manipulated. There is no one-size-fits-all answer with abuse. The layers are deep and numerous.

                  • 8 votes
                  #11.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:24 PM EST
                  Reply

                  Gays in the Boy Scouts, Coaches and Teachers having inappropriate contact with students. Yes folks our Society is broken and heading down the toilet. Wait!!!!!! Shouldn't we ask Congress to fix all this? Wonder what they would do?

                  • 1 vote
                  Reply#12 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:29 AM EST

                  "Gays in the Boy Scouts, Coaches and Teachers having inappropriate contact with students. Yes folks our Society is broken "

                  All that was going on in the 50s too, there was massive rapes of boys, I mean really it was gay boys having sex with gay men, but statutory rape.

                  • 1 vote
                  #12.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:49 AM EST

                  Oh that makes it alright. Thanks for clarifying that for me.

                    #12.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:42 PM EST
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                    Jones allegedly told the girl, whose father left the picture about seven years ago, that she could consider him a father. "I'll be your dad from now on and I'll protect you like I'm your dad," Jones told the girl, according to the affidavit.

                    Kind of makes you wonder about his relationship with his real daughter.

                    • 11 votes
                    Reply#13 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:31 AM EST

                    Looks like your typical Pennsylvania redneck loser.

                    • 3 votes
                    Reply#14 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:32 AM EST

                    Are Rednecks only in certain States? What defines a Redneck? What would you be? A Purpleneck? Yellowneck? Please define a "loser". I'd say you fit the category.

                    • 3 votes
                    #14.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:35 AM EST

                    Actually...the word 'redneck' was originally coined to represent the coal miner union in the early 1900's. To show support for that union it's members would wear a red bandana...of course...it has evolved since then.

                    • 1 vote
                    #14.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:37 AM EST
                    Reply

                    Lets see now....a few ahules have blamed The Unions, Obama, Liberals, Republicans. Naturally all the blamers are as pure as can be. What you say we Ban sports. No more Sports. That will fix everything. Add it to the new Gun Law.

                      Reply#15 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:33 AM EST

                      Why is this any different than when female adults sleep with 15 year old boys? Seems consensual and aren't girls hormones raging and don't they want sex at that age too? It's a brave new world, you can't have your cake and eat it too. If women want equality it also means coming off their pedestal with things like this. Give this guy a year probation like the women get.

                      • 1 vote
                      Reply#16 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:39 AM EST

                      I agree with respondents that this Neanderthal needs removed from society for the good of society. I have an observation on the subject of Female teachers have sex with their male students and the punishment they receive. You need to think about it - how many12-18+ year old males are going to complain about their female teacher having sex with them? My guess would be not many. Their parents and not the “victim” report most of it. When the male students involved are 17-18+ years of age, they know what is and is not acceptable and do they "really" suffer any "harm". At times the male victim refuses to offer any compelling testimony to justify a lengthily prison sentence. The female is given a "lighter" sentence because she is not viewed as a "predator" who could cause any real harm by having sex with her students. When it involves a male having sex with a female minor, the male is "always" viewed as the aggressor. It's not the male students complaining.

                      • 3 votes
                      #16.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:54 AM EST

                      Interesting.. I know a kid who got his teacher pregnant. He was 17. She was 20 year old student teacher. She went to jail, had the baby in jail. He got the baby after she had it. She was released when the baby was 3 and they Married. The boy was 20 when she got out of jail.

                        #16.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 12:09 PM EST

                        Joe,

                        The point isn't whether or not they complain. Many people who are abused don't complain out of fear, shame, or confusion. There is a huge double standard, not to be sexist, but mainly perpertrated by men who think they wouldn't have minded, so these young men obviously don't mind, either. There is a whole thing about influence, pressure, authority figure, etc which comes into play in these situations involving either gender. There would be a lot more outrage on these boards with situations involving adult men and teenage males, so there's the same double standard there, as well. It seems like if a straight male wouldn't have minded, it's okay, but if not, or if it's a teenage girl/adult male, then it's sick and wrong. Not promoting in any way any relations with underage anyone, just pointing out the indefensible double standard that's displayed every time one of these stories comes up.

                        • 2 votes
                        #16.3 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:26 PM EST

                        "how many12-18+ year old males are going to complain about their female teacher having sex with them"

                        How do you know a lot of 14-18 year old girls don't want sex with a young male teacher? Or for that matter 14-18 year old gay boys? What you are doing is simply using your bias and this BS sexual pedestal women are placed on to justify one form of molestation and deride another. Let's cut the BS women want sex, they have a lot of sex. A 15 year HS school girl banging her math teacher is no different than a 15 year old male banging his art teacher.

                        The only difference is the societal perception that women are more "pure" and should be held to this higher sexual standard, when clearly with 2 million abortions a year and most girls in HS having a dozen or more sexual partners it's all BS. Women need to let it go...

                        • 1 vote
                        #16.4 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 4:55 PM EST
                        Reply

                        As someone else mentioned, I feel so bad for the guy's wife & kids. In addition to the abused girl, they are victims of this whole thing as well. What a jerk/creep/scumbag.

                        • 1 vote
                        Reply#17 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:39 AM EST

                        I bet he burned down his house because if the authoritys were able to do their planned investigation they surely would have found evidence of others he was probably taking advantage of too. Pervert.

                        • 2 votes
                        Reply#18 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:41 AM EST

                        Or perhaps one of his neighbors was expressing their disapproval prior to his trial?

                        • 1 vote
                        #18.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:28 PM EST
                        Reply

                        No justification for what he did, but he likely was not her first lover. When did teenage girls get so loose?

                          Reply#19 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:53 AM EST

                          That's the thing, they've been loose forever, they just enjoyed the privileges of feigned purity and sitting on this sexual pedestal, it's all BS, and they need to let it go and society needs to stop affording special outrage for women in this regard. What the guy did was wrong, but there is something wrong when a woman does it everyone cheers and cracks joke, when a man does it he should be castrated and killed, it's no different at all.

                          • 2 votes
                          #19.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:08 AM EST

                          As a male, if I was 15 and a hot teacher had sex with me, I'd think it was awesome. I'd think it was awesome when I was 15, I'd think it was awesome at 30, and I'd think it was awesome when I was 50. Just because others would be offended doesn't mean that I would be.

                          We really need to rethink who is a "victim". Some stranger can't proclaim that I'm a "victim" when I don't feel that way.

                          • 3 votes
                          #19.2 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 10:24 AM EST

                          Really who is the victim in this situation...the guy who took advantage of a 14 year old girl? A young mind can be easily manipulated and cohersed into thinking what they are doing is okay, which is why we have laws that prohibit adults from having sex with minors. Not to mention, i'ts disgusting and weird. And older women who do these kinds of things are equally viewed as disgusting perverts. I've never understood exactly why a 40 year old would want to bang a teenager? Even if they're halfway attractive, they are still children!

                          • 4 votes
                          #19.3 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:16 AM EST

                          Mike D,

                          You hit the nail on the head- NONE of this behavior is new and the ongoing double-standards and hypocrisy over teenage sex has to end. We need to accept the truths of the situation if we expect to actually fix the "problem".

                            #19.4 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:24 AM EST

                            Ashley Elizabeth Simmons,

                            Let me give you a hand in understanding.... When you buy a car you look for a newer one with the least mileage. This teacher/coach wanted some fresh poon so he targeted a fresh young female, most likely clean of disease, and with a short track record if she had a record at all. I won't get into the physical attraction part of it. Now do you see why a 30-40 year old guy might be interested in a teenager? A teenaged female, for her part, may want a father/daughter type of relationship so bad that she'll even accept a poor version of it. One need not over-think things all the time. Sometimes they are exactly what they seem.

                              #19.5 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 11:38 AM EST

                              Sorry Merlin, I'm not buying what you're selling. I like women as much as any man but 14-yr olds?? I had a neighbors 15-year old come on to me many years ago and she was absolutely stunning in looks. But she was still 15 and no way I was touching that. And no, I still don't see what a 30-40 year old man would see in a young teen. Are you making some type of confession??? :)

                                #19.6 - Fri Feb 8, 2013 8:47 PM EST
                                Reply

                                I've seen this porn plot before on Brazzers.

                                • 2 votes
                                Reply#20 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 8:59 AM EST

                                How he can shave off that Pedophile mustache!

                                  Reply#21 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:12 AM EST

                                  LaniMirc banned, applauding Jones, continuing to troll after this month suspension.

                                  • 1 vote
                                  #21.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:15 PM EST
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                                  LaniMircDeleted

                                  I really hope they can pinpoint the start of the fire. Then it would be so much easier.

                                    Reply#23 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:21 AM EST

                                    cue 2 live crew...

                                      Reply#24 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:28 AM EST

                                      i.. in no way condone this behavior...but seriously...texts and fb messages? doesn't anyone watch tv? all that @!$%# can be subpena-ed ...... for crying out loud... although i guess if you're sexing up a 15 year old... you're not really thinking things through....

                                        Reply#25 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:31 AM EST

                                        Granted that the (alleged) perpetrator's actions were creepy and distasteful, it puzzles me as to why he would go to such lengths to hide things after he's already more or less caught. My point is that a statutory rape charge carries a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in PA, but with a decent lawyer and no priors, he'd probably get much less than that, and it seems insufficient motive to burn down the house. So, the question is, was he doing something else, in addition, that he needed to hide?

                                        • 1 vote
                                        Reply#26 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:34 AM EST

                                        I'm guessing child porn. Maybe he had pictures of him molesting the girl .... and/or others.

                                        • 2 votes
                                        #26.1 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 1:15 PM EST
                                        Reply

                                        This guy should be in prison for life.

                                        that said, it is a pretty hot story....

                                          Reply#27 - Tue Jan 29, 2013 9:39 AM EST
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