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James Schwoebel soccer coach gets busy with 15 year old teen girl
Published: Sep 16, 2004 - 07:56 AM
A 25-year-old Wheeling High School soccer coach has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old female player on his team.
James Schwoebel and the girl were discovered by police in a "suspicious vehicle" parked in a dark parking lot in the northwest suburb Saturday night. They were taken to the police station, where Schwoebel admitted to sexual contact with the victim, police said.
James Schwoebel and the girl were discovered by police in a "suspicious vehicle" parked in a dark parking lot in the northwest suburb Saturday night. They were taken to the police station, where Schwoebel admitted to sexual contact with the victim, police said.
Schwoebel, of Wheeling, was ordered held on a $150,000 bond.
He coaches the girls varsity soccer team and is an assistant boys coach. He does not teach at Wheeling High School, according to authorities.
Schwoebel has no record of prior criminal offenses. School officials are notifying parents, police said.
Efforts to reach school officials Tuesday were unsuccessful.
Schwoebel also coaches two boys soccer teams for the Buffalo Grove -based Schwaben Athletic Club and is an assistant coach for a girls team of the Palatine Celtic Soccer Club.
Club officials could not be reached for comment, but a Palatine Celtic Soccer Club player who knows Schwoebel said "he was an excellent coach; everyone is surprised this happened."
He coaches the girls varsity soccer team and is an assistant boys coach. He does not teach at Wheeling High School, according to authorities.
Schwoebel has no record of prior criminal offenses. School officials are notifying parents, police said.
Efforts to reach school officials Tuesday were unsuccessful.
Schwoebel also coaches two boys soccer teams for the Buffalo Grove -based Schwaben Athletic Club and is an assistant coach for a girls team of the Palatine Celtic Soccer Club.
Club officials could not be reached for comment, but a Palatine Celtic Soccer Club player who knows Schwoebel said "he was an excellent coach; everyone is surprised this happened."
