Ex-Teacher In Texas Gets 15 Years For Student Sex

By: Associated Press Email

Posted: Tue 10:57 AM, Apr 24, 2012

An ex-middle school teacher in Southeast Texas has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for having a sexual relationship with a student.

A judge in Beaumont sentenced 51-year-old Timothy Russell Verdon, who formerly taught at Hamshire-Fannett Middle School in Beaumont.

Investigators say the girl was 15 when she met Verdon in 2008.

Verdon in March pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child and to an improper relationship between an educator and student.

He was sentenced Monday to 15 years on each count, with the prison terms to be served concurrently.

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Ex-Teacher In Texas Gets 15 Years For Student Sex

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