Crary said she is convinced of Giacomo’s guilt.

O’Carroll took exception to her remarks.

“What kind of police officer says that she is convinced of guilt when she hasn’t even talked to an eyewitness,” he said after the hearing.

O’Carroll said neither the officer’s belief that Giacomo is guilty nor that he might try to communicate with witnesses are reasons that he should be held in jail without the opportunity for bond. There must be a showing that he was a suspect in a capital case, violent acts or a flight risk for that to be the court’s ruling.

Giacomo’s wife Melissa testified that she and her husband have been married for almost seven years and own a home in Muskogee.

His biographical information from Pittsburg, Kan., State University, shows he is a 1993 graduate of that institution and holds a master’s degree in school administration from Northeastern State University.

Melissa Giacomo said most of both her family and her husband’s family still live in McAlester, where they both were reared. They have two small children and are active in First Baptist Church.

Before joining Hilldale schools, he taught at Hartshorne schools, Melissa Giacomo said.

O’Carroll said Giacomo has cooperated fully with officials in the investigation. He gave his resignation at the school last week and called police about the investigation on Monday, wrote them a letter on Tuesday and turned himself in on Wednesday.

Special District Judge Robin Adair said the fact that Giacomo was in a position that gave him authority over minors is a fact the court here takes very seriously and that Giacomo will continue to be held without bond, at least until formal charges are brought on Friday.

O’Carroll said that if bond is not set within five days’ of Giacomo’s incarceration that he will go to a state court to ask that a bond be set.

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