Wednesday, February 03, 2010

Music teacher given 28 years for sex crimes



ELLSWORTH, Maine — A former music teacher from Blue Hill was sentenced Wednesday in Hancock County Superior Court to serve 28 years behind bars for sexually molesting five girls between the ages of 10 and 14.

Theodore S. Stanislaw, 51, either gave music lessons to or was family friends with the victims in the case, according to Hancock County Assistant District Attorney Mary Kellett.

Stanislaw has a 1982 conviction in New York state for sexually molesting a girl who was younger than 11 years old, the prosecutor said Thursday. He was 23 years old at the time of the previous offense, she said.