07
February
SEX OFFENDER HELPED COACH, OFFICIALS SAY
Thefreelibrary.com/Greg Botonis 5/20/2005 Russell Kaufman, a 31 year old registered sex offender, was arrested last week forvolunteering as an assistant coach for a Lancaster youth baseball team. He also offered hisservices as a private youth baseball trainer around the antelope Valley and Santa Clarita. Kaufman was using different names, such as Russell Thomas, and if he uses different names he mustreport that. He was arrested May 13 at his home and pleaded not guilty of being a sexoffender who fails to report a name change. He was being held in lieu