On Wednesday, an ex-Springboro gym teacher was sentenced to serve eight years in jail for sex against numerous first-grade girls.
26 year old John Austin Hopkins was also designated as a Tier II sex offender by Judge Robert Peeler during the three-hour sentencing hearing in Warren County Common Pleas Court.
While reading excerpts of statements from nine of the 27 victims, Peeler stated: “People are punishing themselves for what you have done to these children.”
According to Peeler, the seven members of Hopkins’ family begging for leniency were “in denial.” Read the full article here ▶
