Benjamin Haile, a former tutor at Pinnacle School, pleaded guilty to one charge of child molestation Tuesday, according to Monroe Circuit Court records. He also pleaded guilty to rape and sexual misconduct with a minor.
According to his Facebook, Haile worked at Kilroy’s Sports Bar.
Haile, 21, was arrested in 2012 when a seven-year-old girl at Pinnacle, a nonprofit school devoted to helping children with dyslexia, said he touched her inappropriately at school. She reportedly told police she was sitting on Haile’s lap while watching a movie at school and Haile put his hands into her pants and down her shirt.
Haile was 19 years old at the time.
On Feb. 2, 2015, Haile was also booked into Monroe County Jail for new offenses of rape level 3, meaning the victim is unaware of the act, and sexual misconduct with a minor, according to court records.
Though Haile pleaded guilty, a representative from the Office of Circuit Court Judge Marc Kellams said Haile has not been sentenced. Procedure requires the completion of a pre-sentence investigation report by the Monroe County Probation Department. Judgment is withheld until the investigation is complete.
Haile’s sentencing hearing will take place at 11 a.m. Nov. 10 at the Monroe Circuit Court for all offenses, according to court records.
Annie Garau
