DA: Former Porterville teacher sentenced for child molestation

TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A erstwhile teacher from Tulare County was sentenced Friday for kid molestation, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office announced.

The DA says 46-year-old James Van Norton was sentenced to 13 years and 8 months successful situation for kid molestation.

46-year-old James Van Norton

According to the District Attorney's office, Norton was convicted by a assemblage of 3 felony counts of unlawful intersexual intercourse - and 13 felony counts of lewd enactment upon a kid aged 14.

The DA says each number is enhanced with the peculiar allegation that Norton was successful a presumption of trust. At the clip of the crimes, Norton was employed arsenic a teacher astatine the Porterville Military Academy.

The crimes took spot from August 2018 to March 2019 successful Tulare County against a azygous insignificant victim, officials say.