Mark Anthony Santo taught at Jordan High School and Lindbergh Middle School
was sentenced Tuesday to 80 years to life in state prison on sex-related charges involving three victims, including two former students, with a judge calling the defendant a "predator."
The judge noted that the prosecution had offered Santo a plea deal carrying a 24-year prison sentence at one point and that she initially thought it was "maybe a bit high," but she realized after hearing the evidence during the trial that it was "not enough."Teacher arrested for allegedly molesting a child under 14
"He made his own family think that an 11-year-old girl is a whore instead of a victim ... I was a child," she said, telling the judge that Santo needs to be in prison "forever."
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