COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A former Columbus High School Choir director will spend 7 years in prison.
A Lowndes County jury found Michael Jackson guilty Thursday afternoon of Exploitation of a Child.
The judge sentenced him to 12 years with five suspended.
He’ll be on probation for five years after his release and has to register as a sex offender.
Prosecutors say Jackson sent sexually explicit text messages to a Columbus High student.
He was arrested in February 2014.
Jackson was fired from the Columbus Municipal School District.
The student’s mother filed the original report.
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