Blountville, TENNESSEE

SENTENCED
Nov 17, 2006 - Roderick Dean Dye, band director at Sullivan Central High School, pleaded guilty earlier this year to sexual battery by an authority figure and seven counts of statutory rape was sentenced to four years.

The former teacher’s defense attorney argued earlier that Dye had paid a high price already.
"He’ll be a registered sex offender for the rest of his life. The profession he loved is over. He’s already suffered a great loss," Lynn Dougherty said. Dye is out on bond while they appeal the sentence.