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Former school official convicted on three sex-crime felonies

Former Tulsa Public Schools teacher and administrator Robert Yerton Jr. was taken out of a courtroom on a gurney early Friday after a trial that leaves him facing prison sentences totaling 27 years.
By BILL BRAUN World Staff Writer • Modified: September 1, 2012 at 11:12 am • Published: September 1, 2012

Former Tulsa Public Schools teacher and administrator Robert Yerton Jr. was taken out of a courtroom on a gurney early Friday after a trial that leaves him facing prison sentences totaling 27 years.

A Tulsa County jury convicted Yerton, 43, of three felonies and acquitted him of two other felony counts.

The jury deliberated for about 12 hours and announced that it had reached a verdict about 2 a.m. Friday.

Read the full story at TulsaWorld.com


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