KNDO/KNDU Tri-Cities, Yakima, WA | Former Kennewick Teacher Charged with Sex Crimes in King County
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SEATTLE, Wash.- A series of new charges are filed in King County against a former Kennewick teacher accused of having sex with students.
Seattle Police say Bill Pickerel is charged in King County amid allegations he had sex with students on trips there.
He is charged with two counts of Sexual Misconduct with a Minor in the first degree, one in the second degree and two more counts of Child Molestation.
Police arrested Pickerel again on Friday.
He was being held in the Benton County Jail on $200,000 bond.
Police plan on transporting him to King County.
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