Coach/Alleged Teen Sex Solicitor Free on Bail

A former Seacoast Spartans and True Champion coach is now free on bail and will be arraigned next month on charges that he allegedly tried to solicit sex from a teenage girl while working in the Portsmouth School District's IT department.

Kenneth P. Kimber, 34, of 93 Osprey Drive in Portsmouth, was scheduled to be arraigned on three felony counts of certain uses of a computer prohibited and five felony counts of indecent exposure on Tuesday morning in Portsmouth District Court.

According to court officials, Kimber made his $5,000 cash bail over the weekend and as a result his arraignment date was subsequently rescheduled to March 4 at 8:30 a.m.

Portsmouth Police arrested Kimber on Feb. 13 after an investigation determined that he was using a Portsmouth School District computer to try and solicit sex from a teenage girl between Feb. 4 and Feb. 11. Kimber was fired on the same day he was arrested and school officials assured the community all Portsmouth students were safe.

"The circumstances in this case constituted a serious breach conduct that will not be tolerated by the School Department," read a press release issued by the Portsmouth School Department on Friday afternoon.

Kimber's case has also drawn high interest in Maine. According to Foster's Daily Democrat, Kimber was fired on Monday from his position as the Noble High School's boys' basketball coach in North Berwick, Maine.

Kimber has served as a basketball coach and trainer for students from throughout the Hampton and greater Seacoast areas, and worked with local students while with the Spartans, True Champion, and Portsmouth Middle School, according to online records. Kimber was in his first year as head coach of the Noble's boys' basketball team.