Elmore County school worker guilty of sex with student


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WETUMPKA, Ala. (AP) — A central Alabama school employee has been found guilty of having sexual contact with a student.

The Montgomery Advertiser reports 34-year-old Jeffrey Stanton was found guilty on Friday of having sexual contact with a student under age 19 (http://on.mgmadv.com/1I7amTx ).

Prosecutors have said Stanton, a former teacher and coach at Stanhope Elmore High School, had sex with a 17-year-old student in his classroom.

Stanton has been sentenced to the maximum of a year in Elmore County Jail.

Stanton's attorney Richard White says his client maintains he is innocent of the charges.

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Information from: Montgomery Advertiser, http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com

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