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Updated: 7:11 PM Nov 4, 2009
Former assistant volleyball coach faces sex-related charges
A team trip to Lexington leaves a former Phelps High School Assistant Volleyball Coach facing sex-related charges.
Posted: 6:25 PM Nov 4, 2009Reporter: Angela Sparkman Email Address: angela.sparkman@wymtnews.com |
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A team trip to Lexington leaves a former Phelps High School Assistant Volleyball Coach facing sex-related charges.
Michael Ray Charles, 38, of Pike County is charged in Fayette County with sodomy.
Police say the incident happened while the team was at a volleyball camp at the University of Kentucky in July.
Charles is no longer a coach with the team.
The superintendent dismissed him as soon as the allegations surfaced.
Charles appeared in court Wednesday morning in Lexington.
He pleaded not guilty but police say he admitted to inappropriate contact with a 15 year old girl.
Pike County School officials say former Phelps assistant volleyball coach, 38 year old Michael Ray Charles, went to camp with the team at the University of Kentucky in July.
When school started a few months later, the Superintendent says the principal found out Charles may have had sexual contact with a 15 year old student during the camp.
“Any complaint we have of this nature, certainly we are going to be very aggressive about it,” Pike County Superintendent Roger Wagoner said.
They turned the complaint over to Police. Investigators in Lexington say Charles allegedly spent a night in the UK dorm room with four teenage girls and had sexual contact with one of them.
The arrest complaint filed in October says Charles admitted during questioning to some of the allegations.
The Superintendent immediately removed him from the school and he is no longer coaching.
“As soon as I was notified, of course, we had a brief hearing and I dismissed him at that point, for the protection of our kids,” Superintendent Wagoner said.
Charles was an unpaid, volunteer coach. The Superintendent says he passed a background check to get the position.
Officials say this appears to be an isolated incident.
“No other knowledge of any other occurrences or incidents,” Superintendent Wagoner said.
Now Charles will face the allegations in court.
This morning, Charles' case was waived to the grand jury.
He is out of jail on bond.
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i would love to hear any and all comments, search your heart and SOUL, let us all know what you really think. i promise to respond either way as soon as i hear from you. i mean think about this, no wonder noone has came forward after this child ,look what she is going threw. they pat his back and put her down like she was the sexual offender!you better remember these days because your child may be next or worse have already been violated, they would be to scared to say anything.some say maybe need to get some help,like her mind? maybe we should look into yours! this girl is not only a beautiful child, seems to me she is a strong and brave person.looks like to me she is bravier than most of you. not for this child but for your own ,stand for what is right, not what will put you in social graces with the community because as we all know phelps will turn on you in a second just to pump up there statue in the community. i say we all need to show up to these hearings and truly see GOD show !
ok, first of all let me say i fear the lord and pray everyday,but i read a comment on here from some "church members" stating go to his home and bring food and stuff. first,who is the victim here? next please tell me which church this is from because i would never want to step foot in there. id rather be a sinner than a hyprocrite! these charles' say if you steal from them theyll prosecute you to the fullest extent. how about raping a child? i wonder what punishment they would suggest for that! i may not quote this correctlly so forgive me, but doesnt it talk in the bible that if someone bothers a child he would be better to tie a yoke or millstone around his neck? now that sounds like a punishment i could live with! people in this community are scared of these predators, why not stand up for our children, or i guess if you support this man you are sick as he is.justice will prevail, if not in this life, you can be sure it will in the next because our GOD made us this promise.
I am 52 years old and still have vivid memories of traveling to a ballgame on a school bus and our boys basketball coach went on the bus with us I was probably 15...it was a good night we won it was hot sweaty, we were laughing, singing, and as i stood up to get off the bus at my home...I felt a hand on my butt...i quickly turned to find the coaches hands feeling of my butt..i was so scared...did any one see I thought to myself and I jumped off the bus and ran into the house...I never told a sole to this day of that frighting night ...i hate the coach which is now dead but who knows how many other girls he molested???I am sure this happens alot and poor innocent children think it is their fault and never tell anyone!!!
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