Peel sentencing postponed

A former high school softball coach had her sentencing for child endangerment and contributing to the delinquency of minors postponed on Tuesday.

Tami Peel, 38, has pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of five minors, misdemeanors, and child endangerment, a gross misdemeanor.

The Nevada Parole and Probation Department recommended Peel be sentenced to one year in the county jail with no probation for the child endangerment offense because Peel had not submitted to a psychological evaluation. A one-year jail term is the maximum term she could receive for this offense.

Deputy Attorney General Ronda Clifton said Parole and Probation Department might reconsider its recommendation after completing the evaluation, but added she will continue to seek a one-year sentence.

District Judge David Huff said he was informed Peel's offense requires a psychological evaluation and wanted one completed before sentencing.

Huff ordered the evaluation to be completed with a copy of the findings presented to the court. Clifton said Peel is now scheduled to be sentenced on April 21 in district court and then justice court later that day.

Visiting Justice of the Peace Richard Glasson Tuesday afternoon also set an April 21 court date for Jeff Lister, the 19-year-old man accused of the statutory sexual seduction of a 15-year-old girl at the party Peel hosted.

Lister, the son of Fallon Municipal Court Judge Mike Lister, was accompanied to court by his parents. The parents of the 15-year-old girl also attended.

Jim Sloan, Lister's attorney, waived the formal reading and the 15-day rule for the preliminary hearing to be held. At the conclusion of the brief hearing, Clifton turned over a huge box of prosecution evidence to Sloan.

Lister, if convicted, faces a maximum sentence of one year in the county jail.