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Ex-Dayton coach, aide gets 5 years of probation for multiple felonies

DAYTON — A judge this month sentenced former Dayton Public Schools classroom aide and coach Donte D. Murphy to five years of probation.

Murphy had been convicted of one count each of forgery and tampering with government records, plus three counts of sexual battery. All counts were felonies.

Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records show Murphy presented an altered state permit to Dayton schools to keep coaching after his valid permit expired in 2014.

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Murphy was fired as an aide and track coach at Ponitz Career Technology Center in March, 2016, according to court and school records.

Attorneys for the state and Murphy agreed that he had consensual sexual intercourse with an 18-year-old Ponitz student-athlete twice after the March date. The defense argued the sex was not a crime then, but the judge ruled that Murphy coached until May 4, when Dayton school officials confronted him about the allegations.

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