John Wachel
Posted by Webmaster in Charges Dismissed, Health/Gym/PE, Indiana, ME-FV, Middle Schools
(06/21/07 – Initial BBT Report)
John J. Wachel, 48, of Hammond, Indiana, a physical education teacher at Tolleston Middle School in Gary, Indiana has been charged with sexual misconduct with a minor.
Wachel is alleged to have fondled a seventh-grade special education student. It is alleged that while the girl was changing in a dressing room that Wachel grabbed the girl’s buttocks, looked at her chest and said, “I want some of that.”
The girl’s accusations were backed up by another student who was putting equipment away in the adjacent storage area and who says he saw the coach grab the girl and make the remark.
Wachel was allegedly hiding in his basement Wednesday when police arrived to arrest him.
He is being held on $30,000 bond.
08/29/08 – Charges Dismissed
Prosecutors dropped a criminal charge against John Wachel saying that they determined they would be unable to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt after sworn statements were taken from the girl and school-age witnesses.
Reference:
Sex charge dropped against former teacher (08/29/08)
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