Update | Feb 16
On February 12, Ryan Clemens submitted a second amended complaint, still naming the City of Gainesville as a defendant.
On February 13, Duval lawyer David Chauncey informed the court he
MARION COUNTY. Prosecutors with the Fifth Judicial Circuit dropped the child molestation case against Christopher Chell, a former St. Patrick Interparish Catholic School physical education (P.E.) teacher, two months ago, going unnoticed
Update May 5: Chell was released 0n a $10,000 bond shortly after he was booked into Marion County Jail. His arraignment is scheduled for May 13.
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Judge David Kreider has accepted St. Patrick Interparish Catholic School child molester Christopher Chell’s plea deal petition sentencing him to five years probation with time served.
Chell offered to plead no contest
Edited Jan 13, 2025: This report was updated to reflect that Clemens was also previously facing a misdemeanor case that was missed in initial publication.
All charges against former St. Patrick Interparish Catholic
