SECOND UPDATE:
Sibley, Iowa — A pretrial conference scheduled for this Friday for a former Sibley-Ocheyedan teacher and coach did not happen as scheduled, and new dates have been set in the case.
Court records indicate that 38-year old Kyle Ewinger is charged with felony sex abuse in an incident that allegedly took place in October 2015. He pled “not guilty” in June.
Ewinger’s attorney, Patrick Parry filed a motion for continuance on Thursday. The motion requested the continuance of both Friday’s pretrial conference and the jury trial, which was to have been on Tuesday, October 17th.
On Friday morning, Judge Don Courtney accepted the defense motion and ordered the pretrial conference continued to Friday, October 27th, and the jury trial continued to Tuesday, December 12th, both at 9:30 a.m. in Osceola County District Court in Sibley.
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First Update posted August 31st at 4:20 p.m.:
Sibley, Iowa — A pretrial conference for a former Sibley-Ocheyedan teacher and coach will probably not happen this Friday as scheduled.
Court records indicate that 38-year old Kyle Ewinger is charged with felony sex abuse in an incident that allegedly took place in October 2015. He pled “not guilty” in June.
Ewinger’s attorney, Patrick Parry filed a motion of continuance on Thursday. The motion requested the continuance of both Friday’s pretrial conference and the jury trial, which was to have been on Tuesday, October 17th.
The court has not yet ruled on the motion, but typically motions such as this are granted. No new dates for the case have been scheduled.
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Original story posted August 30th, 2017 at 3:56 p.m.:
Sibley, Iowa — A former Sibley-Ocheyedan teacher and coach, who is charged with felony sex abuse in an incident that took place in October 2015, faces a pretrial conference on Friday (September 1st) in Osceola County District Court.
According to online court records, an attorney for 38-year old Kyle Ewinger entered a written arraignment and plea of Not Guilty in June in Osceola County District Court in Sibley.
Ewinger is charged with Second Degree Sexual Abuse, which is a Class B Felony, in connection with an incident that happened in 2015 at Sibley-Ocheyedan Middle School, where Ewinger was a middle school Social Studies Teacher. Ewinger was allegedly found, by Sibley-Ocheyedan Superintendent Bill Boer, asleep in his classroom with a male student, on Saturday, October 3rd, 2015. At the time, the boy had reportedly denied that anything improper had taken place. Earlier this year, the child allegedly reported that something of a sexual nature had happened. An investigation into the incident by the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office led to charges being filed in April of this year.
Ewinger was fired from his teaching and coaching positions with the Sibley-Ocheyedan Community School District on October 15th, 2015.
Ewinger’s Pretrial Conference is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on Friday, September 1st, with Ewinger’s jury trial set at this point for 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 17th.
Ewinger remains free on bond.
