Bonnsetter trial date changed
The jury trial for Mark Bonnstetter was rescheduled for June 17 at 9 a.m. at the Coles County Courthouse.
The trial was previously scheduled for April 15 at 8 a.m. after a previous start date of Dec. 4, 2007, was vacated in November.
Bonnstetter is facing two felony counts and a misdemeanor charge in connection with an incident that allegedly happened at a neighbor’s home on Nov. 25, 2006.
Bonnstetter, 38, is facing three charges: residential burglary, a class 1 felony; criminal trespass to a residence, a class 4 felony; and criminal sexual abuse, a class A misdemeanor.
According to court records, Bonnstetter was charged with residential burglary because he allegedly “knowingly and without authority entered the dwelling place” of the alleged victim “with the intent to commit therein a felony.”
The Class 1 felony charge was filed at a Dec. 11 hearing along with the Class A misdemeanor charge.
He pleaded not guilty on Jan. 22 and requested a jury trial.
If convicted, he could be sentenced to as many as 15 years in a state prison.
Bonnstetter is the associate athletic director for operations and head athletic trainer at Eastern.
He assumed the role of Eastern’s associate athletic director for operations in June 2006.
He has been at Eastern since 2000 as head athletic trainer, coming from the University of Miami in Florida.