WAUPACA, WI (WTAQ) – A former Marion music teacher has been sentenced for child enticement.
45-year-old Timothy Gast of Shawano was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and 2.5 years of extended supervision.
Gast plead no contest to the charge while other charges were dismissed but read in.
Court records indicate that Gast was accused of engaging in inappropriate text messages with a student.
The then 18-year-old student told police that the text messaging and alleged sexual contact occurred four years earlier.
She told police she decided to report the incidents after watching a presentation on internet safety.
