Indiana State Police detectives arrested a Ripley County man March 25
at about 12:30 p.m. on charges stemming from a two-month investigation
into allegations of child seduction that occurred while he was an
assistant coach with the Jac-Cen-Del High School girls basketball
program in Osgood, said Sgt. Stephen Wheeles, ISP Versailles District
public information officer.
Detectives were contacted after
Jac-Cen-Del Community School Corp. officials became aware of allegations
of improper behavior between Chad Pindell, 36, Napoleon, and a
17-year-old JCDHS female student. According to Wheeles, “At the time the
incident occurred, Pindell was a volunteer assistant coach” for the
girls basketball team. When the report was made, Pindell was removed
from his position with the school district.
Pindell was an
assistant coach "for the past 10 years or so" and was a teacher for
JCDCSC during that period, according to a probable cause affidavit filed
in Ripley Superior Court March 26. ISP Detective Peter Tressler
"learned that Pindell had left (the) teaching position this last August
2017 to become the pastor of discipleship at the Batesville Christian
Church" while he continued to be involved as an assistant coach with the
girls basketball program.
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