DOVER, Del. (AP) - A former high school teacher and wrestling coach who is facing child sex abuse charges has agreed to enter a guilty plea in Delaware.
A Kent County judge scheduled a plea hearing Friday for Richard "Dickie" Howell II.
Howell was arrested in January 2015 after a female student at Caesar Rodney High School reported that he had sex with her over several months in 2014 that included encounters at school and his home.
Howell was later indicted on 50 felony counts of sexual abuse of a child by a person in a position of trust and sexual solicitation of a child. He had initially been charged with fourth-degree rape and continuous sexual abuse of a child.
Howell's trial has been repeatedly postponed. It was scheduled to begin March 8.
