Former band director pleads guilty

Published 3:18 pm Tuesday, December 8, 2015

A former Colquitt County High School band director pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor in connection with a sexual liaison with one of his students.

Paul Guilbeau was fired in August 2012 when he was charged with having sex with a student in a Moultrie motel. Although the student was of age, Guilbeau was charged under a state law that makes it illegal for an educator to have sex with a person under their authority.

On Monday, Guilbeau pleaded to the reduced charge of hazing. He was sentenced to one year probation and forced to surrender his teaching certificate nationwide.

More details and further information from Monday’s court proceedings will be published online here tonight and in Wednesday’s Moultrie Observer print edition.