A scheduled court appearance for a former Beadle County Courthouse janitor and his son has been delayed. Fred Sylaart of Cavour and his son Jordan, were indicted by a Beadle County Grand Jury in mid-September on charges of First Degree Rape and sexual contact with with a minor under 16 years old. The Sylaart’s were supposed to be in court today. Beadle County States Attorney Mike Moore says the case is waiting for a new judge…
Moore recused himself from the Sylaart case citing possible conflict of interest with Fred Sylaart being a former county employee. Brown County States Attorney Kimberly Dorrsett is acting as special prosecutor for Moore in the case. The Sylaarts are accused of assaulting the victims at the family’s rural home daycare south of Cavour. There is no word on when Third Circuit Presiding Judge David Geinapp may have a new judge ready to hear the case.