By TOMMY REZAC
St. Joseph Post
Bond has been set for a former Robidoux Middle School teacher charged with first-degree sodomy.
Forty-seven year-old Everett “Tim” Harding of Maryville had a bond of $50,000 set at a court appearance Tuesday.
Officials say an additional forensic interview revealed there may be an additional victim involved in the case. Harding is to remain on house arrest and can have no contact with the victim.
Harding was booked in the Buchanan County Jail on May 20. He’s charged in a May 7 incident involving a 14-year-old girl. Harding allegedly had sexual contact with the girl in his locked classroom.
The St. Joseph School District terminated his employment last week. Harding taught math at Robidoux since 2022 and had worked at four other schools in the area in the last decade.
Harding will next appear in court July 2.