MARC JACOBS
Hutch Post
A former employee of the Nickerson School District has been arrested on child sex crime charges according to the Reno County Sheriff’s Office.
Ryan Stoecklein, a former coach in the district, was taken into custody on Wednesday. He faces charges of sexual exploitation of a child under 18 and attempted unlawful sexual relations.
A criminal complaint filed Tuesday in Reno County District Court alleges that Stoecklein promoted a performance involving sexually explicit conduct of a minor.
The complaint also accuses him of "Unlawfully and feloniously attempt(ing) to engage in consensual sexual intercourse and lewd fondling or touching with a person who was a student enrolled at the school where the offender was employed, to wit: Nickerson High School, who was 16 or more years of age, and who was not married to the offender, while the offender was a teacher or other person in a position of authority, by completing an overt act towards the perpetration of the crime, done by a person who intended to commit such crime but failed in the perpetration thereof or was prevented or intercepted in executing such crime."
The incidents allegedly occurred between Jan. 1 and March 24, 2025.
Stoecklein is being held on a $120,000 bond. His first appearance in court is scheduled for Thursday morning.
EDITOR'S NOTE: A previous version of this story erroneously said Stoecklein was a "former teacher" in the district. This has been corrected to "former coach."