A former schoolteacher who molested at least 28 first-grade girls faces a sentence of 170 years in prison. The judge, however, had a very different idea about what a suitable sentence would be.
At Clearcreek Elementary School in Springboro, Ohio, John Austin Hopkins, a 25-year-old former elementary school gym teacher, was charged with improperly assaulting dozens of young girls, including one
Who was just 6 years old. According to The Blaze, a parent reported him to school officials, and an investigation was launched. Hopkins resigned prior to trial after being put on paid administrative leave.
According to WPDE, Hopkins was charged with 36 charges of gross sexual imposition after he was shown on surveillance footage harassing dozens of first-grade females at the school over the course of three months.
Hopkins would place his hands on the girls’ thighs, various body areas, and even inside their clothes, and he
