Former Centennial superintendent
makes first appearance
on
Child Abuse charge
LINCOLN, NE
- A former superintendent of Centennial Public Schools accused of
inappropriate contact with a student made his first court appearance Wednesday.
Timothy DeWaard, 56,
is charged with felony child abuse.
NE School Superintendent Arrested Child Abuse, Sexual
Assault Of Student
DeWaard resigned in
July after being arrested on sexual assault of a child and child abuse charges
after law enforcement received a tip regarding the alleged abuse of a high
school-aged student.
Investigators said in
an affidavit for his arrest that DeWaard began talking with the male student
over the Snapchat app. The talks escalated to DeWaard bringing the
student into his office on multiple occasions and having him sit on his lap
while he helped him with his school work, investigators wrote. DeWaard
also touched the boy’s inner thighs, according to the document.
The incidents took
place over several months, with the alleged victim telling investigators he
“felt he had to do this or he would fail out of school,” according to court
documents.
Deputies with the
Seward County Sheriff’s Office arrested DeWaard without incident at the
school. He was released after his wife paid five percent of his $50,000
bond.
DeWaard’s next hearing
is scheduled for November.
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October 15, 2020 at 1:31 pm | Tags: Better Laws, Child Abuse, Child Predator, Child Sexual Abuse, Law Enforcement, Seward County | Categories: Child Abuse, Child Predator, Child Sexual Abuse, Indifference, Law Enforcement, StopChildAbuse | URL: https://wp.me/p56nya-1KM
