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In a Nov. 10 story on Page B5 about former prep school teacher David Cobb’s pornography convictions, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Cobb had been charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault against two children in Maine. The 1996 charges were unlawful sexual contact, to which Cobb pleaded…
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In a Nov. 10 story on Page B5 about former prep school teacher David Cobb’s pornography convictions, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Cobb had been charged with aggravated felonious sexual assault against two children in Maine. The 1996 charges were unlawful sexual contact, to which Cobb pleaded guilty.

The story also erroneously said Cobb, 69, had been dismissed from a sexual offender treatment program for New Hampshire prisoners for refusing to admit his guilt. Corrections Department spokesman Jeff Lyons said records indicate Cobb never entered the program.


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