Part-Time Wrestling Coach Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse Charges

A former 21-year-old wrestling coach for Lundahl Middle School pleaded guilty Thursday to charges he had sexual relations with a girl who was 14 at the time, the Northwest Herald is reporting.

Benjamin Flavin, of Lake in the Hills, pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse before McHenry County Judge Joseph P. Condon, the story states. In exchange for his guilty plea, Flavin was sentenced to two years of sex offender probation and must pay $1,500 in court fees, the Northwest Herald article said.

Flavin was not a teacher at Lundahl Middle School, 560 Nash Rd, in Crystal Lake.

He was employed as a part-time coach from the mid-January to mid-March in 2010 and 2011, District 47 Superintendent Donn Mendoza said in a at the time of Flavin’s arrest. The district had conducted a background check before hiring the Lake in the Hills man, and his record was clean.

Crystal Lake said they believed there was only one incident involving Flavin and the 14-year-old girl, which occurred on or about Nov. 20, 2010 at a Crystal Lake residence.