Three former employees at a Lake Charles Christian school are arrested for allegedly covering up sexual assaults at the school from earlier this year. Sheriff Stitch Guillory says there was a culture on the Hamilton Christian School football team in which older players would haze the younger players.
“Some of the things that they were doing, and some of the things that were going on, it just crossed the line. And that turned it into a sexual assault,” Guillory said.
Sheriff Guillory says the principal at the time, Morgan Daugherty, and one of the assistant coaches, Dominique Washington, knew about the incidents and, as school personnel, they were required to report them to law enforcement.
“There were multiple instances that occurred, and none of that was reported to us,” Guillory said.
Guillory says both Daugherty and Washington were arrested and charged with failure to report certain felonies and obstruction of justice; their bonds are set at more than $1 million apiece.
“We just felt like they were impeding the progress of our investigation,” Guillory said.
In addition, a school cook, 58-year-old Stacy Bargeman, was arrested for allegedly sending threatening messages to other school personnel about the investigation. She’s charged with cyberstalking, and her bond is set at $7,500. No football players have been arrested so far; Guillory says the investigation is ongoing.
