GIRARD - The case of a Girard youth softball coach facing several child sex charges is going to trial after no plea deal was agreed upon.

Forty-year-old Shane Genetta, who is facing several charges including eight counts of rape, seven counts of panderic obscenity involving a minor, five counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material and one count of gross sexual imposition, appeared for a final pre-trial hearing on Monday morning.

Genetta did not enter a plea deal at this hearing, meaning a jury trial is set to begin on December 16 as previously scheduled.

Genetta's charges date back to 2015, when the alleged victim was just six years old, and continued until May of 2025, just days before Genetta was charged.

Specifically, Genetta is accused of inappropriately touching

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