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Former Alcorn County coach sentenced to 37 months for videotaping girls

A former coach in Alcorn County was sentenced today on charges that he videotaped your girls in their dressing room.

Former Kossuth Middle School coach Micah Wilbanks was arrested in 2018 after a recording device was found in the girls dressing room.

Wilbanks originally was charged with sexual exploitation of children after the incident.

A plea agreement was reached on a lesser charge of  attempted possession of child pornography.

The 37 month sentence was entered in Oxford on Thursday.

Jon R Myers

Jon R Myers is the executive editor of Alcorn County News and the founder of the Mississippi News Group, which he started in 2013 to cover communities across North Mississippi. He also founded the Mississippi Sports Group in 2006, which grew from a single community publication into a statewide network covering high school and college athletics. He reports on local government, public safety, schools and community life in Corinth and Alcorn County, working from public meetings, agency records and interviews with the people involved. Contact him at editor@alcornnewsms.com with news tips or corrections. For a correction, include the article link and supporting source material.

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