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Former Stanton ISD principal sentenced to pretrial diversion

Justin Matthew Turney was arrested on July 7, 2021 for indecency with a child sexual contact and improper relationship between an educator and student.

MARTIN COUNTY, Texas — (Editor's note: The video above is from previous coverage of this story.)

A former Stanton ISD principal accused of a child sex crime has been given pretrial diversion.

Justin Matthew Turney, 40, was arrested Wednesday, July 7, 2021, charged with indecency with a child sexual contact and improper relationship between an educator and student.

Turney was previously listed as Principal of Stanton High School, but has since been terminated.

Under the pretrial diversion, if Turney successfully completes a six-month probation he will not be convicted.

This is all of the information we have at this time. We will update this story as more details become available.

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