The previous Broomfield Excessive Faculty soccer coach who led the workforce to a state championship final 12 months was warned by police that his habits and relationships with then-current and former college students had been “alarming and regarding” and “seem like ‘grooming.’”
The now-closed Broomfield police investigation, which started Dec. 15, detailed allegations that Blair Hubbard engaged in inappropriate personal communications with college students, together with textual content messages that police stated inspired underage ingesting and that college students stated made them really feel uncomfortable.
However police discovered no proof of prison wrongdoing, based on the report of the investigation JHB obtained from the Broomfield Police Division on Tuesday.
Hubbard, who was named the Denver Broncos’ highschool soccer coach of the 12 months days earlier than the investigation began, was positioned on administrative depart and later resigned, Boulder Valley Faculty District officers stated in a letter despatched to oldsters April 10.
JHB couldn’t attain Hubbard on Tuesday. However Pastor Rick Lengthy, recognized as a spokesperson for Hubbard, instructed 9News that the previous Broomfield coach vehemently denied the grooming accusations.
A district spokesperson stated Tuesday they’d no additional touch upon the state of affairs.
Within the police investigation, college students offered textual content messages by which they stated Hubbard requested a former pupil who had graduated the earlier 12 months if she had a pretend ID that labored in Denver bars, then requested about her drink of alternative. Lengthy instructed 9News “she was an grownup — they had been having an grownup dialog.”
“What’s your drink,” Hubbard requested, based on the police report. The lady responded, “A unclean martini or a beer… and I’m speaking a grimy martini, like filthy,” to which Hubbard stated, “Outline filthy” with a laughing emoji.
She replied, “A number of olive juice,” and Hubbard then stated, “OK, accomplished.”
A buddy of the lady additionally instructed investigators Hubbard texted her about “how good she seemed,” based on the report.
A former pupil detailed to police that Hubbard would textual content her about coming to see her at her office, and one other stated Hubbard requested questions on her life after highschool that made her really feel like he needed a relationship together with her. He requested for photographs of her, the coed stated.
One other pupil additionally stated Hubbard requested her for photographs of herself for “proof that (the coed) was alone in her bed room,” based on the police report.
A number of witnesses instructed investigators in interviews that many of the soccer gamers knew concerning the communications Hubbard had with feminine college students, with one witness going as far as to say, “Your complete faculty soccer workforce is aware of about these communications.”
That witness stated they felt Hubbard may be preying on feminine college students related to the soccer workforce and “given his place of energy they may really feel underneath his management,” based on the police report.
Investigators famous within the report {that a} witness stated they didn’t suppose something sexual had occurred on the faculty, “however there’s an odd energy dynamic.”
Broomfield Excessive Faculty Athletic Director Steve Shelton instructed police in an interview about an incident a number of years prior throughout which folks reported textual content messages between Hubbard and their little one, who was Hubbard’s pupil help.
Hubbard would use pet names like “sweetie” and “honey” within the messages, based on the report, and Shelton instructed police Hubbard was instructed to not have personal communications with college students for any cause.
Shelton stated to police he was shocked Hubbard “didn’t study from the primary incidents years previous,” and he doesn’t suppose something sexual occurred, “however the textual content dialog undoubtedly alludes to a sexual relationship,” based on the report.
On Jan. 4, police interviewed Hubbard, who stated he had “fostered constructive relationships with the coed physique,” and that he used textual content messages and personal messaging on social media to speak with college students principally about soccer enterprise and a few “personal-related matters.”
When requested concerning the messages about pretend IDs, Hubbard stated a number of college students have them, and when the investigator instructed him the messages inspired underage ingesting, Hubbard stated he didn’t encourage or persuade her to drink, based on the report.
The investigator additionally requested about messages that appeared to insinuate intimate relationships; Hubbard apologized in the event that they appeared that manner and stated that was not his intention.
“I instructed Hubbard that his continued sample of habits was alarming and regarding,” the investigator wrote within the case report. “He was suggested that his behaviors and relationship with college students seem like ‘grooming.’”
The investigation discovered no proof of prison wrongdoing, police famous within the report, and Hubbard was not charged with any crime.
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