Sex Offender's First Offense Wasn't Against a Child

KEYT

A registered sex offender who worked as a local Pony League Umpire has a past conviction for a violent crime.

Sheriff's Deputies arrested Manuel Jimenez last Wednesday outside his Goleta home after someone spotted him several weeks before sitting inside his car without a shirt on outside a school campus.

At first, authorities would not say what crime Jimenez committed to make him a registered sex offender. Now KEY News has learned and confirmed through the Sheriff's Department that Jimenez was convicted of burglary and rape.

Authorities also say Jimenez received permission from his Probation Officer to become a Pony League Umpire but it appears he never notified league officials about his criminal history. Pony League officials notified parents last week in a letter that Jimenez will no longer work Little League games and that Umpires will be required to have the same background check as coaches do.