More Details About Why Swim Coach Ronald Hehn Was Arrested in Fargo

Braden Keith
by Braden Keith 7

February 04th, 2025 National, News

Valley News Live has uncovered new details behind the accusations against former West Fargo High School swim coach Ronald Hehn, who was taken into custody last week on a charge of gross sexual imposition with a victim under 15 years of age.

Hehn, who was fired as the swim coach of West Fargo High School in 2018 after posting videos online of swimmers appearing to struggle while swimming with weight belts, was giving swimming lessons in a private pool in an apartment complex.

Police say that the alleged victim told Hehn that her legs were sore from her previous training and that Hehn offered to massage them. The victim said that Hehn touched her butt and private parts during the massage, which lasted about 20 minutes.

After Hehn denied touching the victim or giving her a massage at all, police obtained surveillance video from the apartment complex that appeared to show him touching the victim inappropriately.

Hehn was arrested on January 30 and appeared in court on February 3. He has a preliminary hearing on March 19 with a Felony Disposal Conference scheduled for April 24.

Hehn’s previous record in Cass County includes driving without a license or insurance in 2010, resisting a police officer in 2010, and charges of resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in 2014 that were dismissed after completion of a 16 hour DUI seminar.

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CADWALLADER GANG
26 minutes ago

electric chair

Eisenheim
35 minutes ago

What is his connection to Brett Hawke?

Eisenheim
1 hour ago

Is he close with Brett Hawke?

Hswimmer
Reply to  Eisenheim
24 minutes ago

What does Brett have to do with this?

swimapologist
Reply to  Eisenheim
2 minutes ago

Ronald’s sister is Keri Hehn. Keri is Brett’s fiancee.

Brett also snuck Ronald on deck at Trials, I assume with Tim Hinchey’s blessing.

Our sport has always had certain magnets that attract the worst elements. Shawn Hutchison/the whole FAST disaster and all of the problems that came out of there comes to mind.

Aragon Son of Arathorne
1 hour ago

this is why prior misdemeanors need to be accessible to employers. My understanding is that resisting arrest (without violence) would not come up on an employer’s background check.

I wouldn’t hire anyone with that history.

IU Swammer
Reply to  Aragon Son of Arathorne
2 seconds ago

Misdemeanors typically do show up on background checks. However, several states prohibit employers from relying solely on non-violent misdemeanors as a reason to not hire someone, so a lot of national employers limit their background checks to felonies and certain categories of misdemeanors. Most states do not have such prohibitions, but for most positions, automatically excluding non-violent misdemeanors would cut off too much of the worker pool. Even in states with bans, employers can use misdemeanors as part of an individualized evaluation, they just can’t auto-reject, so an employer could look at this guy’s record and pass on him. States with bans also have long lists of job-specific exceptions, for example people that work with children, the elderly, law enforcement,… Read more »

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and a co-founder/co-owner of SwimSwam.com. He first got his feet wet by building The Swimmers' Circle beginning in January 2010, and now comes to SwimSwam to use that experience and help build a new leader in the sport of swimming. Aside from his life on the InterWet, …

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