DOUGLASVILLE, Ga. - A former Lithia Springs High School coach has been sentenced to 25 years after pleading guilty to sexual misconduct involving a student.

Kerry Hood sentenced

What we know:

Kerry Hood pleaded guilty Monday before Judge Deah B. Warren to three counts of improper sexual contact by an employee of agent, according to the Douglas County District Attorney’s Office.

Hood was ordered to serve the first 12 years of his sentence in prison with the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Former Lithia Springs HS coach arrested

The backstory:

Hood was arrested in May after the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office opened an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a student. The victim told investigators the abuse happened on school grounds and in other locations, i

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