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.

Local Sex Offender Worked with Kids

KEYT

KEY NEWS first reported the arrest of a sex offender in Goleta Wednesday, today we report a shocking update.

Santa Barbara Pony Baseball League sent a letter home with ball players indicating the man arrested had been an Umpire with the organization until his arrest.

Manuel Jimenez was arrested after someone spotted him at a school several weeks ago, inside his car without a shirt on. Jimenez has worked as an Umpire with kids in the community for many years.

Many parents are upset and afraid of what may have happened.

Sex offender arrested after getting caught near Goleta school

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GOLETA - A convicted sex offender is back behind bars after being caught near a local campus.

Officers booked Manuel Jimenez into the Santa Barbara County Jail Wednesday.

They say he was spotted near St. Raphael's School in Goleta almost a month ago.

Officers spoke to him at that time and let him go.

But since then, detectives learned Jimenez is a sex offender.

And they found out he had previously been seen on the campus.