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EX-SPRINGBORO TEACHER TO BE RESENTENCED FOR SEX CRIMES
November 3, 2020
Lawrence Budd
Dayton Daily News
An ex-Springboro gym teacher is expected to be resentenced for sex crimes against first grade girls during classes in his first full-time year teaching in the school district.
On June 3, Judge Robert Peeler sentenced John Austin Hopkins, 26, of Springboro to eight years in prison and designated Hopkins a Tier II sex offender, concluding a three-hour sentencing hearing in Warren County Common Pleas Court.
On Monday, Assistant Warren County Prosecutor Kirsten Brandt filed a brief in the Twelfth District Court of Appeals calling for Hopkins’ resentencing.
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