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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A retired Missouri teacher and former school board member has been ordered to spend 10 years in federal prison after placing an online ad for a couple who "would like to include their kids in sexual fun."
Seventy-one-year-old Paul Robert Cannon, of Sedalia, was sentenced Tuesday for attempting to induce a minor to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Prosecutors say he described himself as a grandpa and retired teacher in the advertisement he placed on Craigslist in January. A Boone County deputy responded to the ad, posing as the mother of a 14-year-old daughter. Cannon was arrested after going to a Columbia restaurant to meet with them.
Cannon taught from 1976 to 1996. After retiring from the Gasconade County RII district, he served one term on the school board.
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