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Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher John Wetteland sexually assaulted 4-year-old, police say
Dallas Morning News ^ | 1/16/19 | Sara Coello & Evan Grant

Posted on 01/17/2019 11:50:42 AM PST by Blue House Sue

Texas Rangers Hall of Fame pitcher John Wetteland was arrested Monday on accusations that he sexually assaulted a young child three times over two years.

Wetteland, 52, has been charged with one count of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14. The Trophy Club resident posted $25,000 bond and was released from custody the same day as his arrest.

He forced a relative to perform a sex act on him, according to his arrest-warrant affidavit, beginning in 2004 when the child was 4 years old. It happened two other times during a two-year period, the accuser told police.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: johnwetteland; mlb; pedophiles; texasrangers
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Sick, Sick, Sick.

Another Thug Athlete.

1 posted on 01/17/2019 11:50:42 AM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: Blue House Sue

IF TRUE — and I say “if” then we need to look to certain cultures for proper punishment.

We Westerners are much too gentle.

Dull knives and man parts are certainly a starting spot.


2 posted on 01/17/2019 11:55:49 AM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: Blue House Sue

He needs to be shot.


3 posted on 01/17/2019 11:58:21 AM PST by Hyman Roth
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To: freedumb2003

Dull knife, scrotum nailed to tree stump.
Gasoline. Fire


4 posted on 01/17/2019 12:05:01 PM PST by South Dakota
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>>Dull knife, scrotum nailed to tree stump.
Gasoline. Fire<<

Yeah but what do we do for the SECOND 20 minutes?


5 posted on 01/17/2019 12:05:51 PM PST by freedumb2003 (As always IMHO)
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To: freedumb2003

Has anyone ever been kicked out of the HOF?

This should happen...................


6 posted on 01/17/2019 12:19:18 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Blue House Sue

And he was from my old high school, too :-(


7 posted on 01/17/2019 12:19:50 PM PST by RedStateRocker
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To: South Dakota

Dad? Is that you? Heard that same thing all my life. EXACT same wording.


8 posted on 01/17/2019 12:22:25 PM PST by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
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To: Hyman Roth

If guilty, that would be too kind.


9 posted on 01/17/2019 12:30:16 PM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: freedumb2003

Looking at the time table the last time it was suppose to happen was in 2006.

The child would have been 6 years old.

Brings it out 12 or 13 years later.

Suppress memory?


10 posted on 01/17/2019 12:39:05 PM PST by riverrunner ( o the public,)
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To: Red Badger

The guy who slaughtered my former landlords was dug up from Arlington and dumped elsewhere, after the survivors pitched a fit, so...


11 posted on 01/17/2019 12:42:01 PM PST by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Blue House Sue

A bitter ex-wife maybe? Angry girlfriend? What I do believe in is the presumption of innocence. Follow the money!


12 posted on 01/17/2019 12:44:05 PM PST by erkelly
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They had enough evidence to arrest him, but bond was low for the alleged crime.

If they find him guilty, he will be first pick in the prison sandlot pick-up game.

However, he is going to have pitch with a broken arm.


13 posted on 01/17/2019 12:44:10 PM PST by Blue House Sue
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To: riverrunner

Yep. Vengeful ex? Seems like there’s more to this story. It will sort out.


14 posted on 01/17/2019 12:44:27 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: riverrunner

False recovered memory therapy. I suspect there is some money to be made here!


15 posted on 01/17/2019 12:44:44 PM PST by erkelly
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To: Salamander

But he was dead, so he never knew it.

This guy is still alive..........for now......................


16 posted on 01/17/2019 12:46:07 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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To: Red Badger

I’m guessing he has more pressing things on his afterlife mind but still, he is no longer polluting that sacred ground.


17 posted on 01/17/2019 12:49:08 PM PST by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Blue House Sue

Enough evidence? Does the guy have a history of this? Probably a pretext call, out of the clear blue, I suppose. The girl said something like “you did something that hurt me” and he said “I’m so sorry for whatever I did,” while scratching his head trying to remember what he might have done.

When oh when are we going to start getting skeptical about these things? Let me tell you something freepers, something you don’t know, evidently. CHILDREN LIE!!! CHILDREN MANIPULATE!!!! And, there is a lot of money to be made with this stuff, a lot.

Someday, it might just be you or someone you love, accused of this!


18 posted on 01/17/2019 12:49:11 PM PST by erkelly
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To: erkelly

Especially considering he has been an outspoken Christian. Something’s fishy. Very low bail for such an accusation.


19 posted on 01/17/2019 12:49:27 PM PST by jjotto (Next week, BOOM!, for sure!)
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To: Salamander

Been to Arlington and walked all around.

There are some bad people there as well.................


20 posted on 01/17/2019 12:50:31 PM PST by Red Badger (We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
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