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Nation’s Top College Pitcher a Registered Sex Offender

June 9, 2017 | celebrity | Lex Jurgen | 0 Comments

There’s a certain image that comes to mind when you picture a registered child sex offender. Either creepy bug-eyed vagrant or overly normal Mr. Rogers with a bushy mustache. Also, every man who claims to love working with children.

Luke Heimlich is arguably the nation’s top collegiate pitcher, expected to lead Oregon State this year to the World Series and possibly a title. A week after that, score a fat contract as a top draft pick to the Major Leagues. It all would’ve worked out fine if Heimlich hadn’t forgotten his annual sex offender re-registry with the County Sheriff. 

Heimlich was arrested at age fifteen for multiple instances of manually penetrating the privates of a female relative aged four the first time, aged six the last time. There’s an implication on that timeline of numerous nefarious incidents. Heimlich was given suspended sentences on all counts provided he admit his guilt and partake in extensive don’t touch little girls therapy for teen offenders. Hey, tell me again how you and Josh Duggar became buddies? Heimlich also had to register as a sex offender. And re-register any time he moves counties and annually thereafter.

It’s unclear exactly what Oregon State officials knew about Heimlich’s sex offender convictions. They’ve now provided numerous responses countering and re-countering their initial statements of being oblivious. This is a post-Sandusky era. Get your made-up story straight about how this had nothing to do with covering for a big man on campus.

The government not so long ago declared criminal past disqualifications unfair to cons trying to make a new start. That’s why the question is no longer allowed on workplace or college applications. But sex offenders lists are always run by college police so they might know who among their student body might be a prior convict and pose an elevated threat to the campus. Sports teams are also supposed to be notified for the same reason. Would you want to shower next to a registered sex offender? Still preferable to the dude with the disturbingly hairy body.

When Heimlich failed to re-register with the County this past Spring, his name went on a list and he was picked up in a police sweep. That citation for failing to register fell into the radar of The Oregonian newspaper which followed up and discovered Heimlich’s original sex crimes. Most states closet the shit out of juvenile crime records. The State of Washington, where Heimlich’s crime occurred, not so much.

Reaction to the pitching star’s criminal past has been mixed, and yet entirely predictable. Oregon State sports fans are suddenly feeling that Heimlich was just a kid, he paid his dues, time to move on. Oregon State officials are insisting they followed all guidelines and no way should they be sued for anything. Major League Baseball teams have preemptively announced they won’t be drafting Heimlich and they abhor any violence against females. Everybody else wants Heimlich shot in the town square, including the victim’s mom who can’t believe Oregon State gave the kid a scholarship and made him a star in the first place.

The issue will come to a head next week if OSU pitches the Heimlich in the College World Series. Legally, they’re on solid footing. Perception wise, it’s a massive gamble. Heimlich’s future is fucked either way. You’d think a guy with so much to lose would at least give himself a Siri reminder about that annual sex offender re-registration. College kids. What can you do?

Photo credit: Oregonian/Oregonlive.com

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