FORMER BAND DIRECTOR SENTENCED TO MINIMUM OF 13 YEARS
(Eaton, OH)--Sentencing was moved up by a month and took place Monday for the former band director at Eaton High School. Paul Bingle was sentenced to a minimum of 13 years in prison Monday for inappropriate sexual contact with his 15-year-old female student. That girl’s mother spoke outside the Preble County Courthouse Monday. "It's horrifying because you teach your children that they can go to their teachers with anything," she said. The girl’s sister alleged that Bingle had other plans with the girl. "If things went haywire, he would take her and go to Canada," she said. Bingle will be at least 62 years old before he is released from prison and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. Bingle had been a teacher at Eaton since 1999.
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