Cheerleading coach gets home confinement

FAIRMONT, W.Va. — A former freshmen cheerleading coach at North Marion High School was placed on home confinement after  pleading guilty to having sex with teenage boys.

A Marion County circuit judge sentenced 31-year-old Amanda Jo Barker, of Mannington, to 12 to 30 years in prison after previous guilty pleas to two counts of sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian and one count of soliciting a minor via computer.

Marion County Prosecutor Pat Wilson said the judge ordered alternative sentencing by putting Barker on “total lockdown home confinement.”

Wilson said Barker faces several years before getting a chance at parole.

“At this point it’s home confinement for a 10-to-20 and a 2-to-10 sentence—so it would be quite some time,” he said.

Investigators said Barker had oral sex with boys who were 16- and 17-years-old.

Troopers with the State Police Crimes Against Children Task Force arrested her last October on sexual abuse charges and then arrested her on additional charges in December.





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