LOUISIANA/ILLINOIS
The News Star
Bonnie Bolden , bbolden@thenewsstar.com December 20, 2016
Editor’s note: This story will be updated as more information becomes available.
David H. “Dave” DeRousse, 69, of West Monroe, recently was arrested in St. Clair County, Illinois.
As reported by the Belleville News-Democrat: State’s Attorney Brendan Kelly said DeRousse was charged with seven felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old girl.
According to a news release, DeRousse “knowingly committed an act of sexual conduct” with the minors. Court records allege that the abuse happened between August 2014 and August 2016. The Mascoutah Police Department investigated the case.
Bail for DeRousse was set at $75,000. Mascoutah police said the man turned himself in Dec. 13 and posted bond.
Court records indicated that the case has pending grand jury actions.
DeRousse served as president of St. Frederick Catholic High School in Monroe from 1996 to 1999. DeRousse coached locally, including a stint as the assistant varsity basketball coach at then-Northeast Louisiana University in the 1970s.
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