Plea bargain in sex case sends Tennessee art teacher to jail
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Posted: 2:02 PM Jul 31, 2008
 Last Updated: 2:11 PM Jul 31, 2008
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FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) -- A former teacher has been sentenced in Franklin on a plea bargain in a sex case.

The Circuit Court Clerk's office confirmed Heather Lee Thorsby entered guilty pleas on Monday to three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure and 2 counts of sexual battery by an authority figure.

Thorsby was an art teacher at Independence High School and was charged with having sex with a student, who was a minor. She was suspended from her job in May 2007.

Thorsby was sentenced on Monday to three years in prison and waived probation.

The court ordered her to report to prison on Aug. 20.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Posted by: mark thomas Location: knoxville on Aug 1, 2008 at 07:14 AM
i know if i was a late teens boy i would have jumped at the chance too, what an idiot for opening his mouth
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