Bremen High Teacher From New Lenox Back in Court For Pending Sex Case

A former Bremen High School basketball coach and substitute teacher charged with groping one teen and trying to set up a three-way with two others appeared in court Thursday and was told to return next month.

The attorney for 27-year-old Ross Larson, Tom O'Brien, said during the brief hearing that Larson will waive his right to a jury and leave it to Cook County Judge Luciano Panici to decide his fate at trial.

Larson, a New Lenox resident, allegedly developed a relationship with a teenage girl he met at a Bremen High football game in autumn 2010. He and the 17-year-old exchanged Facebook and text messages, and eventually shared naked pictures, police said.

In November 2010, Larson kept the teen after class to do some cleaning, according to the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, and then groped her when he got her alone.

Larson also allegedly attempted—apparently without success—to orchestrate a three-way sex romp with two other teens, one 16 and the other 18. While Larson may not have managed to pull off the liaison, he still sent naked pictures to the younger teen, according to the state's attorney's office. The girl then reportedly alerted Bremen High School personnel to Larson's alleged misconduct.

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