Band director pleads not guilty

MOSCOW, Idaho – A high school band director from Washington state has pleaded not guilty to allegations he sexually molested four boys at a North Idaho Boy Scout camp last summer.

Timothy Andrew Kellis, 38, of Tumwater, Wash., appeared in 2nd District Court in Moscow Monday.

Kellis was charged in a grand jury indictment with 10 counts of lewd conduct and two counts of sexual abuse of a child.

Prosecutors say the sexual encounters occurred at Camp Grizzly Boy Scout camp in northern Latah County while Kellis was working as a counselor.

Kellis, who teaches at Tumwater’s A.G. West Black High School, previously worked for public schools and as a scoutmaster in Clarkston, Washington.

The judge scheduled the trial for Sept. 15.