Hennessey High School is starting to get a reputation for coaches involved in relationships with students, and the arrest of a former Hennessey girls' basketball and volleyball coach is certainly trying to cement that reputation.

Ronald Joseph "RJ" Ramer began coaching at Hennessey High School after the previous girls' basketball coach, Marty McBride, resigned amid allegations that he had inappropriate electronic communication with a student. The Kingfisher County district attorney declined to file charges against the former coach, finding that although the communication may have been inappropriate and unprofessional, it did not qualify as criminal.

The school district changed its policies regarding electronic communication between teachers and students, and Ramer stepped in as coach, saying he did not know much about the situation with McBride, but understood that it was "a mess."

Now Ramer finds himself in a similar--but even more serious--mess. According to reports, Ramer began coaching at Hennessey High School in July 2015. On October 27, he allegedly sent a Facebook message to one of his volleyball players. That message sparked a series of inappropriate conversations in which Ramer allegedly complimented the girl's appearance, told her he dreamed about her, told her he loved her, and said he looked forward to spending time with her.

The girl told investigators that Ramer arranged for her to meet him outside of school functions on at least four occasions, and said the coach hugged her and kissed her neck, cheek, and lips.

Amid allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a student, Ramer resigned from Hennessey schools in December after only six months. 

Unlike his predecessor, Ramer has been arrested for the alleged relationship. He is charged in Kingfisher County with sexual battery and soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor by use of technology.

The OSBI accuses Ramer of being non-compliant by failing to come to his residence for the execution of the search warrant and by telling investigators that he threw his cell phone out of his truck window and did not remember where he lost it.

If convicted of sexual battery, the former coach faces up to 10 years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration. Soliciting sexual conduct or communication with a minor by use of technology is likewise punishable by a maximum of 10 years in prison.

In addition to the allegations against McBride and Ramer, two other Hennessey coaches have been accused of sex crimes in recent years.

In 2011, former baseball coach Mike Conway and former girls' basketball coach Ben Davis Forsythe each pleaded guilty in separate sex crime cases.

Conway was charged with multiple sex crimes related to the sexual abuse that began when the victim was 13 years old and continued over a span of 5 years. He was convicted of 22 sex offenses, including forcible sodomy, second degree rape by instrumentation, and multiple counts of lewd molestation and lewd or indecent proposals to a minor. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 30 years of supervised probation.

Forsythe, then 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of second degree rape for having sex with an 18-year-old student. A judge sentenced him to 90 days in Kingfisher jail followed by two 10-year suspended sentences.

Both Conway and Forsythe are subject to lifetime sex offender registration.