'Off Campus' Assistant Coach Charged in Two Rapes

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An "off campus" assistant coach at North Salinas (Calif.) High School has been arrested in connection to rapes that occurred in 2009 and 2015.

John Anthony Fickas, 48, coached girls' field hockey and track and field. He was a local political consultant who in 2015 ran unsuccessfully for the Salinas Union High School District Board. That year, police discovered that an alleged rape they were investigating held similarities to another reported in 2009.

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