Former Williams Bay coach to appear in court
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Shane McKinley
ELKHORN — A former Williams Bay coach is expected in Walworth County Circuit Court this afternoon to face one count of repeated sexual assault of a child and six counts of possession of child pornography following an investigation into an inappropriate relationship with one of his players.
Shane S. McKinley, 27, faces up to 40 years in prison on the assault charge, and faces up to 25 years in prison on each of the child pornography charges.
He has since been fired from his job at the school.
According to court documents, the relationship with the 16-year-old girl began in November 2010.
Between December 2010 and the summer of 2011, McKinley would take the girl to his Delavan home for sex, according to court documents. He also took nude photographs with his cell phone of the girl.
Police executed a search warrant on McKinley's home Dec. 21 and seized several computer memory cards.
In an affidavit filed with the search warrant, investigators interviewed a friend of the girl's who began to have suspicions last year about her friend's secretive relationship.
By mid-December, the girl's friend came to believe that the girl's boyfriend actually was McKinley. She immediately reported it to her head coach and her parents, according to the affidavit filed with the search warrant.
McKinley’s will return to court again at 10 a.m. Feb. 1 for a preliminary hearing. He has been ordered not to leave the state.
For the full story, see Saturday's Gazette or the e-edition HERE, or read online Saturday after 4 p.m.
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