MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A former basketball coach was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison after being found guilty of transporting a minor for sex, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.

Andreus Shannon, 44, of Memphis, Tennessee, was a basketball coach for an area homeschool association. Shannon was found guilty of traveling in interstate commerce to engage in sexual activity with a minor under 16 years old and stalking after the minor turned 18.

As a basketball coach, Shannan groomed the parents and a minor female basketball player until he gained their trust to drive the player to practices and scrimmages in Mississippi and Tennessee.

Court documents say Shannon sexually exploited the minor at his home in Memphis, gyms across Mississippi and Tennessee, and his rental propert

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