The cases against a former Chilton County sheriff’s deputy and schools employee, along with his wife, who are facing multiple charges for allegedly committing sex crimes involving minors, will likely head to trial in July.

David Hubbard, 41, and Rebecca Hubbard, 35, appeared in court Tuesday morning for their scheduled plea days where they had the option to inform the court whether their cases would go to trial or whether they would enter pleas of guilt.

No plea agreement could be reached on Tuesday, so a pre-trial hearing was scheduled by Chilton County District Judge Ben A. Fuller for May 27.

Neither David nor Rebecca Hubbard stood before Fuller during court, but instead remained seated while prosecutors and attorneys representing them spoke to the judge.

David Hubbard appeared in a black and white striped jail jumpsuit with chains around his wrists and ankles and sat several inches away from his wife, Rebecca Hubbard, who appeared in a bright orange jail jumpsuit with chains around her wrists and ankles.

If the cases head to trial, they would be scheduled for the week of July 27.

David Hubbard faces a total of 47 charges including 42 felony charges and five misdemeanors.

Rebecca Hubbard faces a total of 30 charges including 28 felony charges and two misdemeanors.

A June 19, 2014, wreck on Alabama Highway 145 near Jefferson State Community College in Clanton, which involved three vehicles and resulted in the death of Christopher Alan Webster, 45, of Alabaster and two others being hospitalized, was the initial link to David and Rebecca Hubbard.

Investigators, in trying to determine if alcohol was a contributing factor to the wreck, discovered information that led to David Hubbard’s and Rebecca Hubbard’s arrests for allegedly supplying alcohol to an underage female the day before the wreck.

David and Rebecca Hubbard were arrested in July 2014, and were first charged with sexual contact with a student under the age of 19 and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

As news of the initial charges were released, other students came forward and disclosed that they had also been subjected to inappropriate and illegal contact with both David and Rebecca Hubbard.

The two were indicted by a special grand jury in Chilton County held in November 2014 on 77 total charges.

At the time of the criminal relationship, both David and Rebecca Hubbard were associated with the Chilton County Board of Education.

David Hubbard was employed by the Chilton County Sheriff’s Department and the Chilton County Board of Education as a teacher of a class at the LeCroy Career Technical Center geared toward students who were interested in becoming law enforcement officers.

He had previously served as the Chilton County School Resource Officer.

David Hubbard resigned from the Chilton County Sheriff’s Department on June 1, 2014, to pursue a full-time position teaching at the LeCroy Career Technical Center.

Rebecca Hubbard was employed as a substitute teacher by the Chilton County Board of Education at the time of the relationship.

All the charged offenses occurred over the last two years, during which David and Rebecca Hubbard were associated with the board of education.

Currently, both remain in jail, where David Hubbard’s bond is set at $881,000 and Rebecca Hubbard’s bond is set at $685,000.