Joshua Hood, a former coach and teacher in Platte County was sentenced on Feb. 28 to five years in prison after being convicted of statutory rape in December.
The conviction came in Clay County Circuit Court. Hood was a football coach at Park Hill High School when he was charged in May 2021.
Hood was a coach and teacher at Staley High School at the time of the crimes, which authorities say occurred on Jan. 1, 2010. Authorities say 14-year-old victim was a student at Staley at the time.
Hood also reached a plea deal in a separate sex crimes case in June 2021. Those crimes happened when he was teacher and coach at Holden High School. Hood had sexual relations with a student from 2003 to 2004 in that case.