Teacher Cleared Of Sex Charges

Daphne Newton Jury finds Neal Newton guilty of interfering with child custody.
by WKRG Staff
Published: Fri, April 11, 2008 - 10:20 am CST
A Baldwin County jury today found Neal Newton not guilty of trying to entice a former student.
Newton was cleared of charges of enticing a child and enticing a child by computer.
He was, however, convicted of interfering with the child's custody, which is a felony.
He will be sentenced June 5th.
According to the defense, the 14-year old boy was having problems at home and had turned to Newton for help.
Newton taught seventh grade at J. Larry Newton School in Fairhope.

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dhanak Says:
Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 12:24 pm

J Larry Newton School is located south of Fairhope in the Barnwell community…not Daphne.

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