Raymond Barry III
(3/04/08 - Initial BBT Report)
Raymond Barry III, 24, an assistant girls basketball coach at Mogadore High School, in Mogadore, Ohio has been charged with on count of sexual battery.
It is alleged that Barry was briefly involved in a consensual sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student who was not a member of the basketball team.
Barry was arrested Monday on one count of sexual battery, a third-degree felony offense.
Barry who has worked as a coach for the school system for about four years has been suspended. Barry is not a teacher.
Following his arrest and arraignment Monday Barry was released on $1,045 bond.
3/20/08 - Grand Jury Refuses Indictment
A Summit County grand jury refused last week to indict Raymond Barry III on sexual battery charges. The grand jury held that the assistant coach’s job doesn’t meet the legal definition of an authority figure and therefore sexual battery is not an appropriate charge.
Barry will face a misdemeanor charge of lying to police.
References:
Coach no longer faces sexual battery charge (3/20/08)
Mogadore coach busted on sex charge (3/03/08)
Mogadore coach accused of sexual relationship with student (3/03/08)
