Pocahontas Basketball Coach Charged With Having Sex With Student
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
A Pocahontas girls basketball coach faces
felony sexual assault charges on an allegation he had a sexual
relationship with a 17-year-old student.
Police arrested 31-year-old Richard C. Estes on Wednesday.
Investigators said the relationship occurred during the 2001-2002
school year and that the girl was not a member of the basketball
team. Investigators also said the girl told them the relationship
was consensual.
Estes was suspended with pay last month.
According to a probable-cause affidavit, Estes and the girl had
sex numerous times from November 2001 through April 2002. Estes`
wife is a science teacher at the Pocahontas junior high school.
