Coach arrested for sex with minor

RIVERSIDE, Ohio (WDTN) - A local soccer coach has been arrested on charges that he had sex with a minor he met over the internet.

Executive Director of the Beavercreek Soccer Association says he's disgusted and appalled that one of his long time coaches has been charged with this type of crime and said the league works hard to prevent things like this from happening.

Riverside police arrested 37 year old Daniel Hankins and charged him with unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and interference with custody.

Police says Hankins met the minor over the internet and had contact with the juvenile at his Riverside home at least two times since March 25th.

Police said Hankins actually called Greene County Sheriffs Deputies to help find the minor after a missing persons report was filed.

Executive Director of the Beavercreek Soccer Association, John Ankeney, said Hankins has been a coach for the association for nearly ten years and said they work hard to make sure their coaches don't have any sort of record.

"It's a terrible shock.  It has saddened us more than you can understand.  We have nearly 2,300 hundred kids here and we work so hard to prevent this from happening, to risk management programs to back ground checks, and we do fingerprinting on everybody that has contact with kids."

Ankeney said Hankins is no longer a part of the Beavercreek Soccer Association.