Ohio coach's sentence includes money for Newtown

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — A former high school basketball coach who pleaded guilty to videotaping boys in a locker room shower was sentenced today to 15 years in prison and ordered to give $5,000 to the Connecticut community where a gunman killed 26 people.

The judge didn’t specify exactly where Scott Studer’s fine should be directed, only that it go to the Newtown, Conn., community.

Studer, 46, was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with eight counts of illegal use of a minor in a nudity-oriented material or performance.

Stark County Common Pleas Judge Frank Forchione also ordered the tapes destroyed and banned Studer for life from any contact with the victims, from coaching and from attending any activities at Jackson High School near Canton.

At least 74 boys have been identified on the secretly recorded videotapes made over the span of eight years, Jackson Township police Lt. Rick Mitchell said.