A former middle school teacher and coach in Laurel County has been sentenced to more than 20 years in federal prison after admitting that he persuaded a student to engage in a sexual relationship with him.
William Trevor Goodson, 32, of Antioch, Tennessee, is a former teacher and basketball coach at South Laurel Middle School who pleaded guilty to a charge of online enticement last September.
On Tuesday in London, U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom sentenced him to 246 months in prison.
The London Sentinel-Echo previously reported that Goodson was listed as an assistant girls basketball coach at South Laurel High School and as a coach at South Laurel Middle School before he was charged.
A news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office says Goodson used text messages and Snapchat to share “many sexually explicit messages with the victim.”
“When questioned, Goodson told police that his relationship with the minor was like that of a boyfriend, and he further admitted to buying the victim gifts and communicating daily, via Snapchat,” according to the news release. “Ultimately, Goodson convinced the minor victim to engage in sexual contact, on multiple occasions, within his classroom.”
A plea agreement states that Goodson was a teacher at the victim’s school and that he used Snapchat to communicate with the student daily between August 2023 and Feb. 23 of this year.
Federal law requires that he serve 85 percent of his sentence. Once released, he will be on probation for 20 years.
The FBI and London Police Department investigated the case.
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