Former Alabama Major Leaguer sentenced for sex crimes
Former Alabama baseball standout Dustan Mohr was sentenced to nine years in prison on Friday after he pleaded guilty to three sex crimes involving a 13-year-old girl.
In Allen Superior Court in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Judge Fran Gull sentenced the 47-year-old Mohr to five years for each offense – child solicitation for sexual intercourse, child seduction and sexual misconduct with a minor, WANE-TV in Fort Wayne reported. The sentence calls for Mohr to spend three years in prison consecutively on each count, then serve the remaining time on probation.
Mohr was arrested in August and charged with crimes alleged to have occurred from May 5 through June 19. Mohr had been hired to teach softball lessons to the 13-year-old.
Mohr entered his guilty pleas in March before coming to trial.
Mohr hit .337 and led Alabama with 25 home runs and 79 RBIs in 1997, when the Crimson Tide was the No. 1 seed for the College World Series but lost to LSU 13-6 in the championship game. Mohr hit .305 with 10 home runs and 55 RBIs the previous season, when Alabama also was the No. 1 seed for the College World Series.
The Cleveland Indians picked Mohr in the ninth round of the 1997 draft.
An outfielder, Mohr got a late-season callup by the Minnesota Twins in 2001 after hitting .336 with 41 doubles and 24 home runs for the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats.
Over the next two seasons, Mohr played in 241 games with the Twins. After an offseason trade, Mohr hit .274 in 117 games with the San Francisco Giants. He finished his big-league career with 98 games for the Colorado Rockies in 2005, 21 for the Boston Red Sox in 2006 and seven for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2007.
In 504 Major League games, Mohr batted. 249 with 49 home runs.
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter at @AMarkG1.