Volunteer Coach with Criminal Record Arrested Again
Antwan Burnell, a former player and volunteer for the North Charleston High School basketball team in South Carolina, was arrested this past weekend for driving under the influence and drug possession.
Because the school system implemented a new policy requiring background checks on volunteers, even without this arrest Burnell would have been banned from volunteering based on his multiple previous drug charges and the prison time he served for crack-cocaine possession.
Burnell played on the basketball team and helped them to a state championship in 1997. However, after graduation, he was arrested multiple times for drug possession and had a charge of aggravated assault. During the 2006-2007 school year, Burnell worked as a volunteer statistician for the basketball team.
School officials have stated that Burnell will not be allowed near the students at the high school and his previous record would have prevented him from coming back as a volunteer as they have begun the background check process.
Labels: school volunteers, volunteer background checks, volunteer screening
posted by JenWiehl @ 3:05 PM
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A basketball player with drug possession charges AND aggravated assault? Sounds like he's ready for the pros. Haha.
Pre-drug use: In 1997 he helped his team to a state championship. Post-drug use: In 2007 he was the statistician who was fired from his volunteer job. He could of been coaching a young team or something. Now he's simply a loser.
I think that all volunteers should be screened for criminal and sexual offenses. These are the people are that are influencing our youth. Coach by day, selling drugs by night.
As a general rule, shouldn't all schools have a policy against employing crack addicts as youth coaches?
I am glad to hear that the school is going to background check everyone now!
Thank heavens they're doing background checks. What if this guy had one of the kids in his car??
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Cocaine is a hell of a drug.
But seriously... glad he got busted.
Isn't it disturbing how disorganized so many schools and companies are? Even though people who have served time in prison should not be able to coach children, it seems there are not enough checks in place to prevent it. I'm glad to hear they're making steps in that direction anyhow.
Drugs make their way into lives we would never expect them to. I think all individuals dealing with children should have a background check done on them.
"Trust, but verify."
Ronald Reagan didn't always have it right, but this expression rings true more often than not.
Ridiculous. I agree that anyone working with kids should have a background check done. It seems like common sense.
Protect our children, don't be cheap about a background check.
This type of thing occurs everywhere. Just look at the link to the blog below.
http://schoolvolunteerbackgroundcheck.blogspot.com/
Newspaper articles tell the entire story of what this man did in Liberal, Kansas
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