Northern Florida District Chief Judge Allen Winsor Dismissed the Counts Against the City of Gainesville and Det. Russano but the Suit Remains Open with Pending Counts Against Bishop Pohlmeier
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MARION COUNTY. Prosecutors with the Fifth Judicial Circuit dropped the child molestation case against Christopher Chell, a former St. Patrick Interparish Catholic School physical education (P.E.) teacher, two months ago, going unnoticed
Update May 5: Chell was released 0n a $10,000 bond shortly after he was booked into Marion County Jail. His arraignment is scheduled for May 13.
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Judge David Kreider has accepted St. Patrick Interparish Catholic School child molester Christopher Chell’s plea deal petition sentencing him to five years probation with time served.
Chell offered to plead no contest
Edited Jan 13, 2025: This report was updated to reflect that Clemens was also previously facing a misdemeanor case that was missed in initial publication.
All charges against former St. Patrick Interparish Catholic
