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Former teachers’ pretrial delayed again

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The pretrial for two former teachers charged with having sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy has been rescheduled for Oct. 27.

Daniel Shepard, who taught at Westminster High School, and his wife Gay Davidson-Shepard, who retired this spring from Mesa View Middle School, appeared at the West Justice Center in Westminster for a scheduled hearing Thursday.

Attorney John Drummond Barnett, who represents Davidson-Shepard, asked for the postponement on both defendants’ behalf.

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“We’re still doing investigating and getting police reports,” Barnett said outside the courtroom.

The couple, who have pleaded not guilty, are charged with oral copulation of a minor, sodomy of a person younger than 18 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Shepard is also charged with possession and control of child pornography.

He faces a maximum sentence of five years in state prison, Davidson-Shepard a maximum of eight years and four months.

—Michael Miller

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