ALPENA — The sexual assault trial of former Alpena Public Schools teacher Heather Winfield will be postponed, lawyers say.

After conferring with both sides during a morning conference on Thursday, Judge Michael Mack indicated he will allow a delay of Winfield’s trial on sexual assault charges to be delayed to give both sides opportunity to collect and process evidence.

The jury trial was scheduled to begin Sept. 27.

Winfield is accused of having sex with one of her students. The News does not name alleged victims of sexual assault.

Attorneys requested the adjournment last week but were told Tuesday the September trial date would not be changed, with Mack citing the three years attorneys already had to pursue investigations.

Attorneys met with Mack again on Thursday, explaining that the information currently being gathered — which is extensive — is based on new technology which only recently became available, Assistant Prosecutor Cynthia Muszynski said.

The information requested has not all been received, and may not be available by the September trial dates, Muszynski said.

The prosecution has requested cellular data from Google to verify the alleged victim’s whereabouts when the alleged assaults happened between July 2016 and June 2018.

The defense agreed with the request for adjournment, asking for time to respond to the voluminous information being received from Google.

Defense attorney Matt Wojda said the trial will be moved to an unspecified time, with possible trial dates in January.

Julie Riddle can be reached at 989-358-5693, jriddle@thealpenanews.com or on Twitter @jriddleX.