LANSING, Mich. — Matthew Priebe was not physically in court on Monday for his hearing.
Priebe, a former Lansing Police Officer, is charged with six crimes, including second-degree criminal sexual conduct and distributing obscene material to children.
Priebe was a school resource officer at Lansing Eastern High School until he was placed on administrative leave last May while the department investigated accusations made by students.
He resigned from Lansing Police a month later.
The prosecuting attorney told Fox 47 that a new pre trial date was set because they were reviewing more items. That new date is June 3.
In February, Livingston County Prosecutor William Vailliencourt issued the charges of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, attempted fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct, common law offenses, two counts of assault or assault and battery and distributing obscene material to children on former Officer Matt Priebe of LPD.
The victim, who is anonymous, came forth late summer of 2018.
She was a recent grad of Lansing Eastern and said that Priebe would talk to her and touch her inappropriately.
"He would touch my butt or he would come on towards me and rub my thighs. and he would kiss me or try to hold me down to kiss me for me to stay still," she told Fox 47.
Priebe was a resource officer at Eastern High School, until May 31, 2018.
Officially, he was on administrative leave on May 31 and stepped down on June 22 from his position due to allegations of inappropriate contact with his students.
Lansing Police Chief Mike Yankowski told Fox 47 that the investigation was taken very seriously and that Priebe was removed from his duty at the high school immediately.
"The allegation against Priebe in this matter is disappointing and once I was made aware of the allegations, I took swift action to remove his police authority and request the Michigan State Police to investigate the allegations."
Priebe was a member of the Lansing police force for ten years.
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