Former teacher guilty of sexual contact with student

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    SHREVEPORT, Louisiana (KTBS) — A former Caddo Parish Schools teacher and coach was found guilty Wednesday of prohibited sexual contact between an educator and a student.

Dayton Corbett, 33, a former history teacher and football coach at Byrd High School, engaged in sexual acts with a student weekly throughout her senior year from September 2021 to May 2022.

District Judge Chris Victory found Corbett guilty and immediately sentenced him to six months in parish jail. Corbett received one year of active supervised probation and must register as a sex offender for 15 years. He was working at Northwood High School at the time of his arrest.

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