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Manatee County coach suspended [Florida]
The Herald/baynews9 ^ | April 11, 2006

Posted on 04/11/2006 12:59:31 PM PDT by ncountylee

The Manatee County School Board has suspended a Lakewood Ranch High School coach accused of having sex with a student.

The school board voted unanimously Monday to suspend Ernest Lee Jones, 46, without pay until an investigation is complete. Jones is the school's coach of the girls track team, assistant coach of the girls cross country and basketball teams, and a parent liaison at the school.

Jones was arrested last week on charges of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl last fall.

An arraignment hearing is scheduled for May.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: coach; goobermintschools; sexoffender

1 posted on 04/11/2006 12:59:33 PM PDT by ncountylee
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To: ncountylee
Ernest Lee Jones, 46

I'd have to convict him just on his name.

2 posted on 04/11/2006 1:01:59 PM PDT by mtbopfuyn
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To: ncountylee; Jersey Republican Biker Chick

Hardly surprising. Anyone who'd devote their life to coaching manatees is only a nudge away from having sex with them.


3 posted on 04/11/2006 1:02:16 PM PDT by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my Dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: mtbopfuyn

To be fair, based solely on your stated grounds, shouldn't it be his parents that you convict?


4 posted on 04/11/2006 1:07:45 PM PDT by Steve_Stifler
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To: ncountylee

Oh the Hugh Manatee.


5 posted on 04/11/2006 1:08:13 PM PDT by dfwgator (Florida Gators - 2006 NCAA Men's Basketball Champions)
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To: Owl_Eagle
Hardly surprising. Anyone who'd devote their life to coaching manatees is only a nudge away from having sex with them.

Are you telling me that YOU could say no to such a sweet looking girl as this? :-)


6 posted on 04/11/2006 1:09:12 PM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: dfwgator
Oh the Hugh Manatee.

Dude, that was "series"ly bad!!!

7 posted on 04/11/2006 1:09:59 PM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: ncountylee

I bet he doesn't get just probation and house arrest like some other Fl teachers I heard of...


8 posted on 04/11/2006 1:14:16 PM PDT by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading since 2004)
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To: ncountylee

Well, thank God this country has gotten back to normal -- a male school employee having sex with a female student.


9 posted on 04/11/2006 1:16:52 PM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen

hillary clinton or manatee.
hillary clinton or manatee.

Pass me the nearest handgun.


10 posted on 04/11/2006 1:22:55 PM PDT by mikeybaby (long time lurker)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

Oh the Hugh Manatee.

Dude, that was "series"ly bad!!!


Yes, indeedy - we 'uns done been "pun"ished.


11 posted on 04/11/2006 1:28:20 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon Liberty, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: mtbopfuyn

The "three name" curse!!


12 posted on 04/11/2006 1:28:54 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (I grew up in a slum, when I got to college it had become a "ghetto".)
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To: ncountylee

only accused? how come all the women teachers having sex withe the boys go on paid leave, but this guy is on unpaid leave from just an accusation?


13 posted on 04/11/2006 1:30:02 PM PDT by stompk
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To: GladesGuru
This "pun" thing is just too much fun.

And, while you're at it, please take time to put some lipstick on the Manatee -- and give her Hitlery's phone number -- and Janet Reno's -- while we're at it.

Y'all have a great Easter Week!
14 posted on 04/11/2006 1:43:31 PM PDT by dk/coro
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To: ncountylee

Question: If the student is female, 17 and the sex was consensual then where is the crime? I thought the cut-off for such things was 16 - 17.....16 being a no-no, 17, it's ok. Does FL law differ?


15 posted on 04/11/2006 2:33:30 PM PDT by El Gran Salseron (The FR Canteen's Resident Equal Opportunity Male Chauvinist Pig! :-))
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To: ncountylee
Ernest Lee Jones
16 posted on 04/11/2006 2:38:00 PM PDT by Slicksadick (Go out on a limb........Its where the fruit is.)
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To: robertpaulsen

LOL


18 posted on 04/11/2006 3:12:33 PM PDT by Continental Soldier
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