Craigmont, IDAHO

Washington state teacher arrested in Idaho.

April 16, 2008 - Timothy Kellis, 38, an A.G. West Black Hills High School band director, was arrested and charged in Latah County, Idaho, with one count of sexual abuse of a child, and two counts of lewd conduct with a minor under 16 years of age, all felonies.

The incidents involved two boys and are alleged to have occurred while he was a counselor at a Boy Scout camp in the summer of 2007. The Idaho State police news release stated that :while a counselor at Camp Grizzly, located in Latah County, Idaho, Timothy Andrew Kellis fondled and engaged in lewd and lascivious contact with two minors under the age of 16."

EMPLOYMENT: Kellis worked as a teacher with Highland High School in Idaho from 2001 to 2006, and investigators said he worked at Camp Grizzly in Latah County during the summer of 2007, and may have worked as a counselor during prior years. Kellis is currently a teacher in Tumwater, Washington, where he has worked since 2006. He also is the teacher for one section of the band at Black Lake Elementary School.
Full Name: Timothy Andrew Kellis

A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 24.

If anyone has any additional information concerning Kellis or any of his activities, they are asked to contact Idaho State Police Detective Bolon at (208) 799-5020.
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TT - The location is usually given as the school where the abuse occurred. However, no allegations of misconduct are alleged in Washington state where he currently teaches.
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April 19 - KLEWtv 3: Idaho State Police say there may be more charges against Kellis. Police say as many as four more boys may come forward.

INDICTED May 15 - A grand jury indicted Kellis with ten counts of lewd conduct with a minor under 16 years of age and two counts of sexual abuse of a child May 12 in Moscow. The charges supercede the prior charges of lewd conduct and sexual abuse that were filed against Kellis in April. Kellis was arraigned and pleaded not guilty.

GUILTY VERDICT September 19 - A jury convicted Timothy Kellis on 12 felony counts involving four Boy Scouts molested at Camp Grizzly in northern Idaho. Kellis will be sentenced Nov. 12