South Dakota Newspaper Visits the Background-Check-Free Swim Coaching Career of Rapist Judge Chuck Baechler

Last November we reported exclusively on the disbarred Washington State judge, Charles Baechler, who, after pleading out a sexual-assault charge from his time on the bench, moved to South Dakota, where he became a club swimming coach and USA Swimming state affiliate top official.

Now The Daily Republic of Mitchell has most of the Baechler story. The only thing it seems to miss is how USA Swimming declined to investigate the team in its Colorado Springs backyard that hired Baechler as its head coach, before he was exposed and hightailed it back to the Mount Rushmore State.

Read on: “Despite criminal history, swim coach still with SD team … National body declines comment on ‘ongoing investigations,'” http://www.mitchellrepublic.com/event/article/id/80150/group/homepage/.

Below: Concussion Inc.’s complete links on Baechler.

Next: Reviewing the story of James Pantera, the multi-alias con man who started his own USA Swimming club in San Diego.

Background Checks? Washington State Judge, Convicted of Assaulting Woman Who Had Appeared in His Court, Went on to Become USA Swimming Coach and Official in South Dakota