Teachers on trial

Grimes has been free on conditions since being charged in and ordered to have no contact with the student involved, whose identity is protected by the court. Thirty-nine-year-old Noel Strapp of Harbour Main is charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation against a female student.

Both Strapp and Grimes remain suspended from their teaching positions pending the outcome of their trials. Skip to Content. Grimes is one of two local high school teachers currently facing sex charges. They said there was no indication the victim agreed to be killed. The defendant, identified only as Stefan R.

Prosecutors were unable to say for certain whether cannibalism had taken place, but parts of the victim's body were never found, the German news site Der Spiegel reported. Police spent weeks looking for the missing mechanic before some bones were found in a forest in northern Berlin and a suspect was tracked down with the help of sniffer dogs.

The trial at a Berlin state court, which is expected to last until mid-October, is not the first of its kind in Germany. In , a German court convicted Armin Meiwes of murder and disturbing the peace for killing and eating a man he had met online. If convicted as a juvenile, Willard Miller could be released in less than 24 months, something prosecutors said would not serve the interests of the community or the suspect.

She requested a report from juvenile court services be ordered and that the judge set a hearing to determine whether the case should be transferred to juvenile court. Jefferson County Attorney Chauncey Moulding responded in court documents that state law allows the exclusion from juvenile court of suspects 16 years or older accused of a serious felony, unless good cause is shown.

He said the state does not oppose a report being prepared by a juvenile court officer. Both have pleaded not guilty.