Plummer Teacher Faces Sex Count

A high school gym teacher and local cheerleading coach is accused of sexually abusing a teenager. Darin J. DeBolt, 26, a teacher at Lakeside High School in North Idaho, appeared in court today on one count of sexual battery of a minor child ages 16 or 17. DeBolt (pictured as an Eastern Washington cheerleader in September 2008) was arrested Tuesday at the 130-student high school in Plummer, where the Spokane resident has worked for five years, said Judi Sharrett, superintendent of the Plummer-Worley School District. “The district is fully cooperating with police,” Sharrett said. DeBolt remains in Benewah County Jail on $50,000 bail/ Meghann M. Cuniff , Sirens & Gavels. More here .

• Superintendent Judi Sharrett’s letters to school district parents