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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Red Sox scout accused of lewd behavior

Wow!...This out-dicks Dick Williams.

A Boston Red Sox scout was arrested, accused of masturbating at the window of his hotel room in front of two women and two underage girls at the swimming pool, records show.

Jesse Levis, 39, faces two felony charges for committing lewd and lascivious acts in front of children under the age of 16.

Two more charges are expected because of the two older women. Port St. Lucie police and U.S. Marshals arrested him at a Fairfield Suites in Melbourne Monday evening, a day after the manager at Port St. Lucie’s Springhill Suites called police and kicked him out of his hotel.

According to an arrest report, the two girls, age 13 and 14, told police they had been swimming at the pool around 7 p.m. Sunday with their father when they saw Levis standing naked and masturbating at the window of his second-floor hotel room, which overlooks the pool.

Two older women, ages 20 and 29, also saw Levis, thinking at first he was just “checking them out,” the report said. Levis had been at the window about 40 minutes, the witnesses told police.

Repoz Posted: March 04, 2008 at 03:43 PM | 86 comment(s)
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1. The Buddy Biancalana Hit Counter Posted: March 04, 2008 at 04:58 PM (#2706118)

Luis Polonia would also refer to the 20- and 29-year-olds as "two older women."

2. Sometimes it Rains (sj) Posted: March 04, 2008 at 04:59 PM (#2706120)

Luis Polonia was set up.

3. Shredder Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:03 PM (#2706124)

Hey, those were pretty girls down there. Wonder if they go out with one the Yankees.

4. Craig Calcaterra Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:04 PM (#2706125)

Scout? There's a "deep load" joke in there somewhere, but I just can't tease it out . . .

5. Cooperstown Schtick Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:07 PM (#2706127)

Scout? There's a "deep load" joke in there somewhere, but I just can't tease it out . . .

Maybe if you spend the next 40 minutes working on it...?

6. Craig Calcaterra Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:09 PM (#2706129)

Maybe if you spend the next 40 minutes working on it...?

Inefficiency is the new market inefficiency.

7. NTNgod Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:09 PM (#2706132)

Luis Polonia would also refer to the 20- and 29-year-olds as "two older women."

Levis spent a good chunk of his MLB tenure in Milwaukee. Wonder if he went cruising around Polonia's old stomping grounds, too (even though he wasn't a visiting player)?

8. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:12 PM (#2706138)

Talk about a pesky pole.

9. Charter Member of the Jesus Melendez Fanclub Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:14 PM (#2706140)

Christ, you can't even masturbate in your own room now? What the ####. Everyone would throw a fit if he actually ###### those girls, so instead he just jerks off, and still catches a case. Next they'll arrest him for remembering that bare calf he saw when at his first communion.

10. Charter Member of the Jesus Melendez Fanclub Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:14 PM (#2706141)

Talk about a pesky pole.

HA!

11. flournoy Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:33 PM (#2706165)

Not sure what to make of this... my thoughts, in the order that they occurred to me:

1.) Pretty creepy.
2.) This is a felony? That is ridiculous.
3.) I don't think I've ever heard the word "lascivious" spoken aloud.

12. Rocco's Not-so Malfunctioning Mitochondria Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:37 PM (#2706169)

Christ, you can't even masturbate in your own room now? What the ####. Everyone would throw a fit if he actually ###### those girls, so instead he just jerks off, and still catches a case. Next they'll arrest him for remembering that bare calf he saw when at his first communion.

I think all the law requires is that he cover up. He WAS scouting the pool and stroking a line drive buck naked where everyone could see him...

13. the large father Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:37 PM (#2706170)

levis wrapped one around the pesky pole, squirting over the wall... home run!

14. Shooty Is A One Man Legion Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:40 PM (#2706175)

He just wanted to check out their make up with his upside.

15. Mister High Standards Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:44 PM (#2706179)

It should be a felony. You shouldn't be beating off in front of strangers.

16. Craig Calcaterra Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:48 PM (#2706180)

You shouldn't be beating off in front of strangers.

Seriously. Stay home and beat off in front of the people you love.

17. Charter Member of the Jesus Melendez Fanclub Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:53 PM (#2706186)

It should be a felony. You shouldn't be beating off in front of strangers.

I doubt he was within 50 feet of them, not to mention behind glass. Look somewhere else.

Maybe it should be a felony for the ugly girls at the pool to wear bathing suits. That's at least as disgusting to see.

18. Cowboy Popup Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:53 PM (#2706187)

You shouldn't be beating off in front of strangers.

And if you are going to, at least make it less than obvious that you are. ####, this guy must have wanted to be caught.

19. aleskel Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:53 PM (#2706188)

what does David Cone think of this?

20. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:56 PM (#2706192)

at least make it less than obvious that you are. ####, this guy must have wanted to be caught.

Well, it is exhibition season.

21. JMM Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:01 PM (#2706194)

And if you are going to, at least make it less than obvious that you are. ####, this guy must have wanted to be caught.

Seriously; it's not that hard to close the ####### drapes/blinds.

22. Stevens Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:09 PM (#2706198)

40 minutes? That's kind of impressive.

23. Foster Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:11 PM (#2706199)

40 minutes? That's kind of impressive.

Or he's really, really bad at it.

24. The Bones McCoy of THT Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:13 PM (#2706201)

Tug McGroin?

Best Regards

John

25. aleskel Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:14 PM (#2706202)

"Hey, don't knock masturbation; it's sex with someone I love"

- Woody Allen

26. Gambling Rent Czar Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:25 PM (#2706206)

based upon recent headlines, I thought for sure the lewd behavior was going to be recommending one of his members to bulk up .. .. oh wait!

27. salvomania Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:25 PM (#2706207)

I had no idea this guy had a 9-year career as a MLB player... I guess I just didn't pay that much attention to the AL in the '90s....

And you should be arrested for jerking off in public in front of strangers, including young girls... if you're standing in front of your hotel room window, facing the pool, that's "in public" as far as I'm concerned. Close the freaking blinds, dude.

Is it just me, or does this guy's mug shot make him look about 50 years old?

28. Gambling Rent Czar Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:28 PM (#2706211)

Kind of disappointed not to see pictures of the women. I feel like rubbing one out.

29. Chad B. Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:35 PM (#2706215)

Should've borrowed Theo's gorilla suit. Or Curt's sock. I don't know.

30. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:37 PM (#2706216)

I had no idea this guy had a 9-year career as a MLB player... I guess I just didn't pay that much attention to the AL in the '90s....

Yeah, but he was just a one-tool prospect. He didn't leave much of a mark.

31. robinred Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:40 PM (#2706217)

Two threads about criminal behavior by Red Sox people in one day. Is that above or below an average day at BTF in that regard?

32. Al Kaline Trio Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:40 PM (#2706218)

The other scout (Tommy Callahan) staying in the room was shocked when he came back from getting some pizza and discovered his associate had done such a dispicable thing.

33. The Grich Who Stole Christmas Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:44 PM (#2706223)

What's with the hub-bub? This was just Jesse being Jesse.

(John Kruk giggles, as Baseball Tonight replays a clip of Jesse Levis fumbling with his pants.)

34. Cowboy Popup Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:44 PM (#2706224)

The other scout (Tommy Callahan) staying in the room was shocked when he came back from getting some pizza and discovered his associate had done such a dispicable thing.

Based on the BBTF demographic, I bet no more than 20% of the board will get that.

35. Justin T Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:46 PM (#2706225)

Say somebody is beating off in their parked car during phone sex, reclined so that nobody can see in unless they come really close. It's also early in the morning, in a secluded spot. If a cop happened upon the scene and realized what was up, should the offender be in any trouble?

Just asking. For no particular reason.

36. robinred Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:47 PM (#2706226)

What was the other one, robin?

It might have been yesterday; it was the thread about the guys beating up the guy in the Yankee hat in Cambridge. I saw both today.

Celtics picked up Cassell; I have seen him a few times this year; he has enough left that he can help in the playoffs.

37. Danny Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:48 PM (#2706228)

The other scout (Tommy Callahan) staying in the room was shocked when he came back from getting some pizza and discovered his associate had done such a dispicable thing.

That was my first thought when I read this. Speaking of nobody's looking...

Or, to make it baseball related: Hey, there's a pretty girl out there, maybe she goes out with one of the Yankees.

38. Johnny Clash Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:50 PM (#2706229)

I was reprimanded by a neighbor - not in person but with an anonymous note - for having sex (with my girlfriend) with the curtains open. My first reaction was, hey! you don't like watching people have sex? And my second reaction was, why don't you mind your own business then?

39. JEHOVAH-MEKADDISHKEM Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:52 PM (#2706230)

He shall have his eyesight taken away.

40. robinred Posted: March 04, 2008 at 06:56 PM (#2706232)

This is a felony? That is ridiculous.

Based on the lead-in, I am inferring that it's a felony due to the age of the girls. I don't know, though. If they were 21 and 20, would it be a misdemeanor instead?

41. salvomania Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:04 PM (#2706236)

for having sex (with my girlfriend) with the curtains open.

I think it depends on the residential context: if you're in suburbia and you're 30 yards from the nearest sidewalk or there's fences and trees all around, that's one thing.

But say you're an apartment dweller and you've got two dozen neighboring windows within 40 feet of your window... then I think it's reasonable for a neighbor to ask you to close the blinds, especially if they have young children or if the people in question are particularly unattractive.

Of course, I have neighbors---3 women who share an apartment directly across a narrow street from me---who strut around naked from time to time with the blinds open, and I'm not complaining....

42. Boots Day Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:06 PM (#2706239)

Maybe it should be a felony for the ugly girls at the pool to wear bathing suits.

I don't see how it would have helped the situation if they had been skinny dipping, although it may have cut down on the 40 minutes.

43. Jolly Old St. Nick (now, with Screen Name history) Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:11 PM (#2706240)

Talk about a pesky pole.

Primey for Gonfalon with that one.

(Jesus, I'm glad that none of us are running for President.....)

44. Al Kaline Trio Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:12 PM (#2706242)

I think that the 40 minutes was referring to how long he was in the hot tub with the ladies, 20 minutes of rejecting and 20 minutes of denouncing.

45. rlc Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:14 PM (#2706243)

Johnny Clash Posted: March 04, 2008 at 05:50 PM (#2706229)

I was reprimanded by a neighbor - not in person but with an anonymous note - for having sex (with my girlfriend) with the curtains open.

Were they offended that the curtains clashed with the carpet?

46. alex perros gives up the ghost Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:18 PM (#2706244)

Kevin --

Thought I recognized Levis as a former UNC ballplayer.

When I lived in CH, my pizza job took me to the Bosshammer clubhouse, where the guys were an enjoying an afternoon pornfest.

Baseball as a sport has the most pervs.

47. Bernal Diaz has an angel on his shoulder. Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:25 PM (#2706248)

Its been a bad week for crappy former Tribe catchers. If I was Eddie Taubansee I wouldn't be picking up any hookers till April.

48. Al Kaline Trio Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:27 PM (#2706250)

Baseball as a sport has the most pervs.

But it's still nothing compared to the Film Actor's Guild.

49. Al Kaline Trio Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:33 PM (#2706254)

No relation to Levski right?

50. Ray DiPerna Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:44 PM (#2706259)

Take-away quote from the article:

"Rearranging your clothes and masturbating are definitely two different things."

51. galaxieboi Posted: March 04, 2008 at 07:47 PM (#2706262)

accused of masturbating at the window of his hotel room in front of two women

Is that even le-...oh. Nevermind.

52. Eraser-X is emphatically dominating teh site!!! Posted: March 04, 2008 at 08:46 PM (#2706285)

Incidentally, I think it's pretty clear the difference between having sex or masturbating and having someone catch a glimpse vs. masturbating AT someone (and no, I'm not talking about trajectories). If someone is masturbating at minors, I hope that's a felony.

53. MM1f Posted: March 04, 2008 at 08:54 PM (#2706291)

So I google "Jesse Levis" and I find an article about him and that article mentions former Orioles/Cubs pitcher Jose Bautista (born in Bani, DR) as being Jewish.

Someone want to explain how Bautista is Jewish to me?

54. vortex of dissipation Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:00 PM (#2706294)

Someone want to explain how Bautista is Jewish to me?

Bautista's mother is Israeli, and he was raised in the Jewish faith.

55. Wes Parkers Mood (Mike Green) Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:21 PM (#2706301)

The hotel manager apparently said that a similar incident happened last year. Isn't that romantic?

Todd Solondz' "Happiness" meets Burstyn and Alda in "Same Time Next Year", with a dash of "Major League". They just can't write scripts like this.

56. Tim Lincecum doesn't Wang Chung tonite (GGC) Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:33 PM (#2706310)

levis wrapped one around the pesky pole, squirting over the wall... home run!

We're not spilling genes here!

57. Ray DiPerna Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:36 PM (#2706314)

levis wrapped one around the pesky pole, squirting over the wall... home run!

And wouldn't you know, one of his 3 career home runs did come in Fenway. September 10, 1996.

Not sure if it was to RF, though.

EDIT: J Levis: Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)

58. Srul Itza Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:42 PM (#2706317)

Oy

"If you're good enough and you work hard at it, you can be successful."

59. JMM Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:43 PM (#2706318)

Baseball as a sport has the most pervs.

It still can't hold a candle to the clergy though.

60. Wes Parkers Mood (Mike Green) Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:46 PM (#2706319)

Old catchers don't die...they can't let go of their tools of ignorance.

61. snapper Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:54 PM (#2706321)

It still can't hold a candle to the clergy though.

Actually, I think school teachers hold the record.

62. Johnny Clash Posted: March 04, 2008 at 09:55 PM (#2706322)

or if the people in question are particularly unattractive.

In this case that wasn't an issue.

63. salvomania Posted: March 04, 2008 at 10:04 PM (#2706326)

Let's see a picture...

64. Danny Posted: March 04, 2008 at 10:15 PM (#2706333)

Todd Solondz' "Happiness"

Give the kid a break; it was his first time.

65. E., Hinske Posted: March 04, 2008 at 10:31 PM (#2706338)

Levis should have asked the Sox to let him scout in Canada where, yes, that is even legal.

66. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..) Posted: March 04, 2008 at 11:57 PM (#2706361)

Say somebody is beating off in their parked car during phone sex, reclined so that nobody can see in unless they come really close. It's also early in the morning, in a secluded spot. If a cop happened upon the scene and realized what was up, should the offender be in any trouble?

Just asking. For no particular reason.

For no particular reason? I see...

If the cop wanted to bust the someone on lewd and lascivious, or indecent exposure, or whathaveyou, they could. The cop's the witness--it doesn't have to be a member of the general public. OTOH, a lot of cops would probably. having run the license plates, exit the scene. Who needs the grief, and the bs back at the shop, after all.

This, of course, assumes the someone is of a sex and level of attractiveness not of interest to the cop...

67. AROM wants you off his lawn Posted: March 05, 2008 at 12:08 AM (#2706368)

Of course, I have neighbors---3 women who share an apartment directly across a narrow street from me---who strut around naked from time to time with the blinds open, and I'm not complaining....

So, when's the next Primer meetup at salvomania's house?

68. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..) Posted: March 05, 2008 at 12:12 AM (#2706376)

As for the Canadian case, the circumstances were very different. The guy was, um, enjoying himself in his own house--not a hotel room. He was observed by his neighbors from their "darkened bedroom"--he wasn't on public display. Also, it was conceded that the guy didn't know he was being watched. According to the record

They [the neighbors] observed the accused from “just below the navel up” from the neighbour’s bedroom and “from about maybe the neck or the shoulders up” from street level.

Which makes you wonder how the heck they were so sure what was going on. I'm a little surprised the guy was even arrested.

69. AlouGoodbye Posted: March 05, 2008 at 12:17 AM (#2706377)

This is weirder.

70. Walt Davis Posted: March 05, 2008 at 01:43 AM (#2706416)

When I saw the headline, I was afraid CBW had been caught jacking off to video of Tim Lincecum's delivery.

My favorite story on these lines was, one evening in Chapel Hill, the police stumbled across one gentleman giving oral sex to another gentleman in a parking lot. (No, I was not personally involved in any of this) The police arrested them for sodomy. The DA for Orange County, knowing that sodomy was not going to be a popular charge in liberal, gay-friendly (as these things go in NC) Chapel Hill, changed the charge to indecent exposure.

Problem is, NC State law, at least at that time, defined indecent exposure only as occurring between people of opposite sex. So in the end, he dropped all charges.

So, unless they changed the law, feel free to expose yourself to other men in NC.

71. Exploring Leftist Conservatism since 2008 (ark..) Posted: March 05, 2008 at 02:21 AM (#2706424)

This is weirder.

It sure is.

Stewart had denied the offence, claiming it was caused by a misunderstanding after he had too much to drink.

So... he thought the bicycle had given consent?

72. Aspiring One-Armed Economist (6 - 4 - 3) Posted: March 05, 2008 at 02:51 AM (#2706432)

Stewart had denied the offence, claiming it was caused by a misunderstanding after he had too much to drink.

Hmm... the story that I would have gone with was a stuck gear and no WD-40 on hand.

After all, if you can use it as a lubricant when riding a lover, why not when riding a bike?

73. Belfry Bob Posted: March 05, 2008 at 04:08 AM (#2706449)

Levis had been at the window about 40 minutes, the witnesses told police.

And they call Mike Hargrove the 'Human Rain Delay'...

74. CONservative governMENt Posted: March 05, 2008 at 06:27 AM (#2706459)

And they call Mike Hargrove the 'Human Rain Delay'...

It's possible he finished several times in that 40 minutes.

Supposedly Curt Schilling is so competitive that in a 'wet cookie' contest he came in 1st and 3rd.

75. Duffy Duff Posted: March 05, 2008 at 08:29 AM (#2706468)

When I saw the headline, I was afraid CBW had been caught jacking off to video of Tim Lincecum's delivery.

Did you pick Lincecum because his mechanics are good, or because his name is LinceCUM?

76. Gonfalon Bubble Posted: March 05, 2008 at 09:24 AM (#2706472)

Did you pick Lincecum because his mechanics are good, or because his name is LinceCUM?

If John Wesley Powell and Eddie Trowbridge Collins could have their DNA merged, the result would be called Boog Cocky.

77. The Bones McCoy of THT Posted: March 05, 2008 at 10:10 AM (#2706504)

We're not spilling genes here!

Daly wins the thread.

Best Regards

John

78. Mike Green Posted: March 05, 2008 at 10:38 AM (#2706521)

Who will scout the scout? Perhaps those two unnamed men in the article filed a report with the police: "Weak arm. Needs to work on his release."

79. ChadBradfordWannabe Posted: March 05, 2008 at 10:58 AM (#2706535)

"When I saw the headline, I was afraid CBW had been caught jacking off to video of Tim Lincecum's delivery."

How did I know that my name was gonna be in this thread? I'll get back to you after I see LinceCame pitch in person....LOL....

80. IronChef Chris Wok Posted: March 05, 2008 at 11:08 AM (#2706545)

At least Lincecame is quick to the plate

81. Shredder Posted: March 05, 2008 at 11:11 AM (#2706548)

The other scout (Tommy Callahan) staying in the room was shocked when he came back from getting some pizza and discovered his associate had done such a dispicable thing.

Aw, C'mon, man, you were like 30 posts last with the Tommy Boy reference. I thought I covered that in #3.

82. Mike Green Posted: March 05, 2008 at 12:33 PM (#2706605)

I am sure that this has been covered many times before at BTF, but I missed 'em. The baseball terms for slapping the salami: "wielding the lumber", "blasting a solo shot"...others?

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