Pennsylvania Teacher Gets Prison in Sex Case

(Erie, Pennsylvania) A 56-year-old teacher formerly with Harborcreek Youth Services, the Girl Scouts and the Special Olympics, Hattie Nichols, has pleaded no contest to a charge of corruption of minors in accordance with an agreement where charges of sex assault and contraband were dropped.

Nichols had engaged in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. As a result, Nichols was sentenced by Judge Michael E. Dunlavey to serve six to 12 months in prison.