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See Chicago Tribune coverage of the child sexual abuse allegations against former Winnetka teacher and Boy Scout leader Bill Bricker.
Wyoming authorities discuss Bricker case
Officials in the western state explain for the first time how they got on the trail of the former Winnetka teacher and Boy Scout leader suspected of molesting children in Wyoming and Illinois.
Read the story: Jan. 20, 2015
Bricker investigation continues in Wyoming
Despite the death last week of a longtime Winnetka teacher who had been accused of sex crimes against children in Wyoming, authorities there have not suspended their investigation.
Read the story: Jan. 15, 2015
Ex-Winnetka teacher accused of sex crimes dies
A former North Shore teacher and Boy Scout leader who was accused at age 94 of decades-old child sex crimes has died, ending the prospect that he will stand trial and leaving questions that now will likely remain unanswered.
Read the story: Jan. 10, 2015
Winnetka school superintendent’s son among alleged Bricker abuse victims
Murphy Monroe didn’t know why his parents had shown up at his East Coast college unannounced, but when they all sat down for breakfast, his father got right to the point. “Did Bill Bricker hurt you?”
Read the story: December 31, 2014
Ex-Winnetka teacher accused of abuse worked longer than previously reported
Since Winnetka P.E. teacher Bill Bricker was charged with sex crimes against children earlier this year, school officials have noted in multiple statements that he retired from Hubbard Woods School in 1985. What they didn’t note is that Winnetka District 36 officials hired Bricker back just months later as a substitute teacher.
Read the story: December 13, 2014
Winnetka school memo on elderly ex-teacher suggests ‘100 children abused’
After retired teacher Bill Bricker was charged in the fall with sex crimes against children, his former employer, Winnetka District 36, released hundreds of pages of his personnel records, some indicating school officials were alerted to claims against him as early as 1968.
Read the story: December 12, 2014
Ex-teacher accused of molesting third child at camp
Authorities have filed a third felony charge against former Winnetka teacher Bill Bricker after a woman reported that he molested her as a child on an overnight camping trip in Wyoming in 1968, court records show.
Read the story: December 11, 2014
Trial less likely for ex-Winnetka teacher
The prospects grew dimmer that an elderly former Winnetka teacher will ever stand trial on child sex abuse charges, after his attorneys described in court a man ravaged by age and disease and not fit for trial.
Read the story: December 4, 2014
Second woman alleges abuse at Hubbard Woods School
Another person has made a claim to police in Winnetka that a longtime former teacher, now charged with sex crimes against two other children, had inappropriate physical contact with her when she was a student.
Read the story: November 16, 2014
Alleged victims of ex-Winnetka teacher share memories online
A Northbrook woman’s blog post about an ex-Winnetka teacher may have helped uncover more allegations of abuse.
Read the story: October 31, 2014
Students say they complained about sex abuse decades ago
A community’s silence: A former Winnetka teacher faces decades-old sex crime charges.
Read the story: October 27, 2014
Too late to sue for teacher’s alleged abuse?
While newly released documents show a Winnetka school system was made aware of a gym teacher’s “irregular behavior” with students as early as 1968, but kept him on as an employee, legal experts say any former students looking to hold the district liable for decades-old claims of child sexual abuse would need to clear difficult legal hurdles.
Read the story: October 20, 2014
Claims against teacher started as early as ’68
Winnetka school officials heard complaints as early as 1968 that a popular gym teacher showed signs of “irregular behavior” with young boys — but appeared to take little action and employed him until 1985
Read the story: October 17, 2014
Retired teacher in sex case fights extradition
Describing his client as a “94-year-old war hero” with less than six months to live, the attorney for a former Winnetka teacher and Boy Scout leader has filed a court motion seeking to stop his extradition to Wyoming to face child sex charges.
Read the story: October 11, 2014
Woman says ex-Winnetka teacher sexually abused her in 1950s
A woman has reported to police in Winnetka that she was molested at Hubbard Woods School decades ago by a teacher who was charged last month with sex crimes against other children.
Read the story: October 8, 2014
Attorney for ex-teacher says extradition in sex crimes case would be ‘death sentence’
An attorney representing the 94-year-old former Winnetka teacher and scout leader charged with sex crimes against children that allegedly took place decades ago said today that extraditing his client to Wyoming would be akin to “a death sentence.”
Read the story: September 29, 2014
Sex abuse charges against former teacher, 94, raise questions about his past
Over a career that spanned five decades, William Bricker surrounded himself with children, teaching physical education to generations of kids at Winnetka’s Hubbard Woods School, volunteering as a local Boy Scout leader and spending summers working as a camp counselor.
Read the interview: September 26, 2014
