Former Teacher Faced 170 Years In Prison For Molesting 28 1st-Grade Girls, But Judge Gives Him Only 8 Years Instead

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Former Teacher Faced 170 Years In Prison For Molesting 28 1st-Grade Girls, But Judge Gives Him Only 8 Years Instead

A former school teacher was facing 170 years behind bars for molesting at least 28 1st-grade little girls. However, the judge had a much different idea about what would be an adequate sentence. Clearcreek Elementary School (Photo Credit: Screenshot) John Austin Hopkins, a 25-year-old former elementary school gym teacher at Clearcreek Elementary School in Springboro, Ohio, was accused of inappropriately touching dozens of little girls, as young a…