Friday, August 03, 2007

Fresno, CALIFORNIA

CONVICTED: July 11, 2007 -
Samuel Confectioner, 45, a substitute teacher at various Fresno schools, was convicted on two counts of child molestation for taking a 14-year-old boy to his hotel room one night and sexually abusing him.

The student was attending Edison High School at the time. The molestation occurred in 2004.

SENTENCED: August 3 - Confectioner was sentenced to two years in prison. He will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

The judge cut off Confectioner's statement in his own defense when the former teacher attacked the victim's family.

Confectioner claimed they encouraged the victim to commit crimes.