Minn. coach accused of tattooing minor
Dec 10, 2013, 1:35 AM
COTTAGE GROVE, Minn. (AP) – A Minnesota high school gymnastics coach has been accused of tattooing a teenage girl without her parents’ permission.
Thirty-eight-year-old Terry Robert Hardy is the head gymnastics coach at Park High School in Cottage Grove. A man told Hastings police last week that Hardy had tattooed the man’s juvenile daughter twice without his consent.
Police cited Hardy for two counts of misdemeanor assault.
In a statement, the South Washington County school district says Hardy is on leave pending further investigation. The statement says he also was fired from his post as gymnastics coordinator for a district community education program.
Hardy told the St. Paul Pioneer Press (
http://bit.ly/IZ7ONZ) he would not comment on “false accusations.”
Hastings City Attorney Dan Fluegel says a court appearance is not scheduled yet.
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Information from: St. Paul Pioneer Press,
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