A FORMER KINGSPORT CITY SCHOOL TEACHER ACCUSED OF HAVING AN INAPPROPRIATE SEXUAL RELATIONSHIP WITH A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT HAS ADMITTED TO THE CRIME. 33 YEAR OLD GABE SANCHEZ PLED GUILTY TO STATUTORY RAPE AND TWO COUNTS OF ASSAULT BY OFFENSIVE TOUCHING. HE WAS A SPANISH TEACHER AT DOBYNS-BENNETT HIGH SCHOOL AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE JERRY BECK ORDERED SANCHEZ TO SERVE THREE YEARS IN JAIL, REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, AND UNDERGO A SEXUAL OFFENDER’S EVALUTATION. HE’S ELIGIBLE FOR ALTERNATIVE SENTENCING WHICH COULD RANGE FROM PROBATION TO COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS. A SENTENCING HEARING HAS BEEN SET FOR NOVEMBER 8TH.