Mercer County School District Superintendent Tim Farquer has entered a not guilty plea to five additional criminal charges that were filed against him in an improper access to medical records case.
The not guilty plea was entered during Farquer’s appearance in Mercer County Circuit Court on Monday morning. His next court appearance is scheduled for April 13.
Farquer is 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 was arrested in 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.
Farquer remains on paid administrative leave by the Mercer County School District. His annual salary is $171,223.
Norton and Long will next appear in court on May 11.