A bench trial remains scheduled for later this month for the Mercer County School District superintendent.
Tim Farquer made his final pre-trial appearance in Mercer County Circuit Court on Thursday afternoon. During the hearing, a motion from Farquer’s defense seeking to exclude evidence based on his prior employment history was granted by a judge.
A bench trial in the case is set for July 29-31.
Farquer was arrested last September, along with Mercer County School District IT workers Amberly Norton and Andrea Long, following an Aledo Police Department investigation into a complaint accusing Mercer County School District employees of illegally accessing students’ medical records. He’s facing four Class 3 felony counts of official misconduct, two Class A misdemeanors of computer tampering, and two Class A misdemeanors of unauthorized access to medical records.
Farquer has been on paid administrative leave from the Mercer County School District since his arrest.
Norton and Long are each charged with a Class 3 felony of official misconduct and Class A misdemeanors of unauthorized access to medical records and computer tampering. They both return to court on Aug. 10.