GULFPORT, Mississippi (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a former south Mississippi teacher in connection with the alleged molestation of students over a period of four decades, according to a report on WLOX.
William Richard Pryor was in U.S. District Court in Gulfport on Monday and a judge detailed the four-count federal indictment against Pryor.
The 68-year-old Pryor is charged with transportation with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.
If convicted on all counts he could face decades in prison.
Pryor entered not-guilty pleas Monday on all charges.
Prosecutors alleged that most of the abuse happened during out-of-state trips Pryor took with the students. An FBI affidavit includes allegations of abuse in California, Montana, Colorado, Oregon, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas.