Former Urbana teacher White sentenced to 48 years

URBANA – A former Urbana grade school teacher was sentenced this afternoon to 48 years in prison for molesting female students.

Champaign County Judge Harry Clem sentenced Jon White, 27, of Villa Grove for aggravated criminal sexual abuse involving acts that occurred between August 2005 and December 2007 with 7- and 8-year-old girls who were students at Thomas Paine School in Urbana.

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