Twinsburg martial arts teacher sentenced to year in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to sexually touching minor
Martial arts teacher sentenced to year in prison after pleading guilty to charges related to sexually touching minor By Aria Janel | December 31, 2020 at 8:16 PM EST - Updated February 24 at 3:46 PM
TWINSBURG, Ohio (WOIO) - William Mello, 58, was sentenced to one year in prison for gross sexual imposition.
âThe community put him in a position of trust, and he violated that trust,â said prosecutor Jeff Puthoff.
William Mello was a teacher at Silent Mind Arts Studio in Twinsburg.
An 11-year-old student told investigators that Mello touched her inappropriately several times in the studioâs locker room.