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A former volleyball coach and substitute teacher for the Taconic Hill Central School District was sentenced Monday in Columbia County Court for having a sexual relationship with a student.

Christopher MacArthur, 23, of Claverack, pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal sexual act, a class E felony, on June 12. He was sentenced Monday to 6 months in the Columbia County Jail, 10 years probation, and executed an order of protection on behalf of the victim.

MacArthur was charged April 8 with carrying on a sexual relationship with a student under 17 for several months, police said.

A person is guilty of criminal sex act when the person is 21 years old or more engages in sexual conduct with a person under 17, according to state penal law.

Sheriff’s investigators from the Special Victims Unit began the investigation April 7 after Taconic Hills School Resource Deputy Cindy Madison was contacted by an unknown individual who reported the incident.

The sheriff’s office has declined to release any information that could possibly be used to identify the victim.

As part of his plea, MacArthur will be required to register as a sex offender, Koweek said in June when the defendant pleaded guilty.

MacArthur was charged May 22 with second-degree criminal contempt and fourth-degree tampering with a witness, both class A misdemeanors, according to the Columbia County Sheriff’s Office.

MacArthur contacted the alleged victim and attempted to arrange a meeting at an undisclosed location, according to the sheriff’s office. The alleged contact violated an order of protection issued by the court against MacArthur at his arraignment April 8, the sheriff’s office said.