Former Liberty Local School Superintendent Joseph Nohra who is accused of improperly recording secret videos of five school employees has a new court date for a trial.

In mid-December, Nohra waived his right to a jury trial and the case was decided by Common Pleas Court Judge Ronald Rice.

In January of 2022, the court dismissed six of the counts against Nohra, but still faced 5 additional counts.

Trumbull Prosecuter's won an appeal and got the case re-instated.

Nohra turned down a plea deal of misdemeanor dereliction of duty. Nohra now has a final pretrial hearing set for Febraury 2 at 8;45 am and a court date set in Judge Ronald Rice's courtroom on February 7 at 8:30 am.

Nohra is accused of improperly recording secret videos of five school employees.

Nohra was originally indicted on six counts of interception of wire, oral or electronic communication, which are felonies, and five counts of interfering with civil rights, which are misdemeanors.

Investigators say Nohra installed hidden cameras inside carbon monoxide detectors above five different employees' desks in April and May of 2018, then attempting to use the secret recordings of private conversations. 

Nohra resigned from his position with Liberty in June of 2020, saying he was looking to "achieve a better work-life balance" outside of the field of education. He had been with the district since 2017.