Ex-teacher gets prison term after sexual contact conviction
November 9th, 2015 by Ric Hanson
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A former Council Bluffs high school math teacher has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for having sexual contact with a student. KETV reports a judge on Monday sentenced 30-year-old Jeffrey Daugherty to the prison term and ordered that he be placed on a lifetime sex offender registry. Before resigning in February, he taught at Thomas Jefferson High School.
In September, Daugherty pleaded guilty to numerous charges involving sexual contact with a 15-year-old girl, including third-degree sexual abuse, sexual exploitation by a school employee and sexual exploitation of a minor. As the judge read his decision, Daugherty cried with his head buried in his hands. Daugherty will be eligible to seek parole in about 7½ years.