Sexual expoitation trial date set for Dubuque assistant principal

A Dubuque high school assistant principal who faces charges he sexually exploited a student is now to go to trial in August.

It is the second time the trial has been rescheduled for Hempstead High School assistant principal Shane Oswald. A Dubuque County district judge has set the trial for Aug. 23. The trial had originally been set for April and then May.

The 40-year-old Oswald has pleaded not guilty in the case.

Prosecutors say Shane Oswald had sex with a 17-year-old student. He is charged with sexual exploitation by a school employee, distribution of a controlled substance and providing alcohol to a minor.

Oswald remains on paid administrative leave and is prohibited from entering the high school.

-- Associated Press

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