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The Anniston Star is reporting that former Cleburne County teacher Bronson Ward was sentenced in Calhoun County Circuit Court today to 15 years in prison.

Ward, 33, who was also a girls basketball coach, was arrested in September on five charges of having sex with students under the age of 19. Investigators said the acts involved two students, took place in Cleburne and Calhoun counties, and went back as far as 2009.

Source: AL.com