Ex-Band Director Gets 2 Years in Sex Case

DILLON, S.C. (AP) – The band director at Latta High School has been sentenced to more than 2 years in prison for having sex with students. Twenty-nine-year-old Tyler Hutto pleaded guilty Wednesday in Dillon to seven charges involving sex with three students. Circuit Judge Paul Burch sentenced Hutto to two and a half years in prison. He also must serve five years of probation and will be listed on the sex offender registry. Arrest warrants say the incidents involved a 15-year-old girl and a 16-year-old girl. Police say they found a third victim who also was a Latta High School student. Hutto apologized in court. He had begun working as band director in 2006.