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Ex-Tigard teacher pleads guilty to sexual abuse of students, sentenced to 2 years in prison

The judge also ordered Marcus Jolley, 40, to register as a sex offender and avoid any contact with his victims, schools or minors.

HILLSBORO, Ore. — A former Tigard High School teacher and coach accused of sexually abusing two students pleaded guilty to three counts of second-degree sexual abuse and was sentenced to two years in prison.

Washington County Judge Charles Bailey also ordered Marcus Jolley, 40, to register as a sex offender and have no contact with his victims. He's also not allowed to have any contact with schools or minors, and after he completes his prison sentence, he'll undergo five years of supervision.

Jolley was arrested at his home on January 31, 2018 after a Washington County grand jury indicted him.

The investigation began in May of 2017 and intensified after a second person came forward. One victim was allegedly abused throughout the year while attending Tigard High School in 2005. The other was a student in 2016.

"It's just been devastating," Susan Stark Haydon, director of community relations for Tigard-Tualatin School District, said in February. "We feel terrible in every way you can feel terrible about it. Terrible he's been accused, terrible it involves students, terrible it involves staff."

The Washington District Attorney's Office said detectives obtained a search warrant that gave them access to Tigard High School internal records. Detectives discovered several cases of previous students accusing Jolley of inappropriate touching and kissing dating back to 2006. None of those incidents were reported to law enforcement or the Oregon Department of Human Services, according to the district attorney's office.

Jolley was named an associate principal at Sherwood Middle School in July 2016. He made the move after 11 years as a language arts teacher at Tigard High. He was also a ninth-grade language arts teacher at Southridge High School in Beaverton from 2001 to 2004.

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