Dale admitted he was convicted of sexual assault in 1987 against a developmentally challenged woman in a group home in Iowa. He only touched the woman inappropriately, Haag said, but he went to prison for three years and after getting out had to register as a sex offender because he was on parole from a previous conviction.
That previous conviction, Haag revealed today, was for one count of first-degree manslaughter in 1977 for which he served nine years in prison. The conviction stemmed from the deaths of two women during a fire in a halfway house in Sioux Falls, S.D. where Haag was a resident.
Haag readily admits he started the fire, but said he didn’t mean to harm anyone. He said he was 17 years old and angry at the world so he decided to set a couch in the facility on fire.
yikes. I’m all for giving people second chances, but sheesh, this guy sure brings alot of baggage to the table.