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Former band director gets 40 years in prison for molesting 14-year-old

Thomas Blevins, a former Lakeview Middle School band teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student, appears before Judge Jon "Bo" Wood during the first day of trial at the Catoosa County Courthouse on August 11, 2015.
Thomas Blevins, a former Lakeview Middle School band teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student, appears before Judge Jon "Bo" Wood during the first day of trial at the Catoosa County Courthouse on August 11, 2015. Thomas Blevins, a former Lakeview Middle School band teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student, appears before Judge Jon "Bo" Wood during the first day of trial at the Catoosa County Courthouse on August 11, 2015.
photo Thomas Blevins, who was found guilty of child molestation when he was band director at Lakeview Middle School, was sentenced to 40 years in prison, and 10 extra years of probation on Tuesday.

Thomas Blevins, who was found guilty of child molestation when he was band director at Lakeview Middle School, was sentenced to 40 years in prison, and 10 extra years of probation on Tuesday.

A jury found Blevins guilty of molesting a then-14-year-old child on Dec. 23, 2010. He was convicted on four counts of child molestation and one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes in August.

He was found not guilty of false imprisonment and aggravated child molestation, one of Georgia’s “Seven deadly sins” that carry a sentence of 25 years to life in prison.