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WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A former assistant basketball coach and the track coach at Barton County Community College were indicted Wednesday as part of an investigation into the school's athletic program.
Former basketball assistant Shane Hawkins — now an assistant at Southern Illinois — and track coach Lyle Lashley were both charged with lying to a grand jury. They became the fourth and fifth sports officials from the school to be indicted during the investigation, U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren said.
Coaches at the school have been accused of getting athletes grants they were not qualified to receive and campus jobs that paid them for work they did not perform; of helping the athletes with correspondence courses and tests; and of sending false academic credentials to other schools on the athletes' behalf.
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