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A Nebraska high school teacher faces up to 20 years behind bars for having sex with a former student — because he rushed in too soon after she graduated, according to authorities. Sixth-grade teacher ...

Cody Pester, a 6th-grade teacher and high school wrestling coach, is charged with sexual abuse for a relationship with a woman 2 months after she graduated Nebraska schoolteacher Cody Pester, 26, and ...

Cody Pester, a 6th-grade teacher and high school wrestling coach, is charged with sexual abuse for a relationship with a woman two months after she graduated Chris Spargo is a senior reporter at ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Neb. (WKRC) - A Nebraska teacher and high school wrestling coach has been charged with sexual abuse by a school official after authorities said he entered into an intimate ...

In the Spring of 2025, a sixth-grade teacher in Nebraska met a student in his capacity as the high school wrestling coach. Cody Pester, 26, and the young woman began exchanging texts on May 10, which ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, Neb. (WFLA)— A Nebraska sixth-grade teacher and wrestling coach was arrested after having an inappropriate relationship with an 18-year-old. Cody Pester, 26, was charged with sexual ...

Cody Pester, a former Nebraska girls high school wrestling coach, faces 20 years in prison if convicted. | Lisa Scalfaro / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images A former Nebraska high school girls ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A sixth-grade teacher and wrestling coach at Palmyra Junior/Senior High School made his first court appearance Wednesday after he was arrested Monday on suspicion of an ...