Meet George Spady Jr. He’s neither the father of the year (he enlisted his son, and other youngsters from the Little League team he coached to rob a store), nor that much of a criminal mastermind (he chose to pilfer the overhead lights, and some bolts?)

ARLINGTON — An Arlington Little League coach is accused of showing some of his players how to steal more than second base.

Investigators allege that George Spady Jr. was with his son, a nephew and another player from his baseball team when he broke into a vacant shop and took overhead lights and bolts. The boys were encouraged to assist with the break-in, Snohomish County deputy prosecutor Edirin Okoloko wrote in court documents.

Spady’s like a regular Walter Matthau in The Bad News Bears, only more lawless.

[The boy] told investigators that Spady’s son crawled through a vent on the back side of the shop and unlocked the door for his father. Spady, his son and Spady’s nephew then went inside and came out with light fixtures and some other items, according to court documents.

[The boy] told investigators that Spady yelled at him to go inside and grab more from the shop, and told him to hurry up because he saw a truck drive by, Okoloko wrote.

They don’t say how old the accomplices he coerced are, but Spady Jr. is 31, so I’m guessing 10 (maybe younger??) Geez. I see a restraining order (don’t even come within 200 ft of the snack shack) and “visitation rights, denied” in this guy’s future.

Arlington coach put Little League boys up to burglary, police say (HeraldNet.com)