Peter Frank trial date set
By WECT Staff | April 14, 2021 at 4:28 PM EDT – Updated April 14 at 4:29 PM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – The trail date has been set for a former New Hanover County middle school band director accused of a series of sex crimes against his students.
A spokesperson for the Justice Department confirmed that Peter Frank’s trial will take place on Aug. 16 in Bladen County.
Frank has been accused of multiple sex crimes against students, dating back as far as 1999 and as recent as 2019.
He was fired from Roland-Grise Middle School on Feb. 15, 2020, about two weeks after he was originally arrested by the sheriff’s office.
Frank remains in the New Hanover County Jail under a $500,000 bond.
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