NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Teacher gets 14 years in federal prison, must serve 85% before parole
Kentucky Press News Service
A former Johnson County teacher was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison last Tuesday for sexual exploitation of a minor student.
According to a news release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Cantrell, 26, of Versailles, Ky., admitted earlier this year to officials that in 2014 he “enticed a minor student to text him sexually explicit images of the student engaging in sexually explicit conduct,” and induced the student to engage in sexual acts with him.
Cantrell was a 2007 graduate of Johnson Central High School where he worked until he was fired before the 2014-15 school year due to an investigation into the crime by the FBI, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Cyber Crimes Unit and the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office.
U.S. District Judge Danny C. Reeves sentenced Cantrell Nov. 24, to 14 years in Federal Prison for illegally enticing a minor to engage in sexual activity.
Under federal law, Cantrell is required to serve at least 85 percent of his 14 year sentence.
The Louisville division of the FBI reported that Judge Reeves also ordered Cantrell to serve 15 years of supervised release following his sentence.
