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Officials with Sevier County Juvenile Court said a transfer hearing will be held March 15 to determine if one of the individuals charged in connection with the rape of an Ooltewah High School 15-year-old will be transferred to adult court.Three former Ooltewah High School basketball players, two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old are charged with aggravated rape and aggravated assault of a 15-year-old teammate on Dec. 22.According to sources involved in the investigation, the 17-year-old has turned 18 since the alleged crime was committed.Court documents say the then 17-year-old penetrated the victim with a pool cue, while the the 16-year-olds held him down.
Law enforcement officials in Collegedale and Hamilton County are investigating an Ooltewah High School football coach and substitute teacher for admitted inappropriate conduct with students.
Avery Rollins, 23, coached Ooltewah’s freshman basketball team this fall and has been substitute teaching for Andre “Tank” Montgomery, who is the basketball coach and PE teacher suspended without pay and facing criminal charges of failing to report child abuse and suspected child sexual abuse in connection with the alleged rape of an Ooltewah High freshman by his teammates Dec. 22.
According to a report filed Monday with the Collegedale Police Department, Rollins is being investigated for allegations soliciting a minor and for confessing to sending a 17-year-old student naked pictures of himself.
The report said Collegedale police were alerted by the school resource officer at Ooltewah that Rollins and a student were “sexting” each other using Snapchat, a popular messaging app.