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 are scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday.

David Hubbard, 41, and Rebecca Hubbard, 36, have a scheduled plea hearing at 9 a.m. before Chilton County Circuit Judge Ben A. Fuller at the Chilton County Courthouse.

Both David and Rebecca Hubbard will have the option to inform the court whether their cases will go to trial or whether they will enter pleas of guilt.

An order filed by Fuller on June 7 stated that if the cases go to trial, they will be consolidated, which was requested by the prosecution.

According to Fuller’s order, a negotiated plea may be entered on June 17, but after the scheduled hearing “all plea negotiations will close” and no amendments to the indictment would be allowed. The cases would proceed to trial on July 27 on all indicted offenses, according to court documents.

Currently, 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.

The charges came after 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.

The wreck was the initial link to David and Rebecca Hubbard.

After an investigation into 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 “minors” 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 school system.

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