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Former East High School teacher Kurt Brundage was sentenced Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, to more than 2 1/2 years on two counts of indecent liberties with a child in connection with sexual contact he had with a 15-year-old girl in January 2010. Nicole Brundage, background, took the stand as a character witness during her husband's sentencing hearing.

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Sedgwick County District Court Judge Phillip Journey denied a defense lawyerÕs request for probation and ordered former East High School teacher Kurt Brundage, 33, taken into custody. Journey sentenced Brundage to 32 months in prison on each of two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.

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Former East High School teacher Kurt Brundage reads his statement in Sedgwick County District Court Friday, Nov. 2, 2012, before being sentenced to more than 2 1/2 years on two counts of indecent liberties with a child in connection with sexual contact he had with a 15-year-old girl in January 2010.

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Psychiatrist Jarrod Steffan testifies during the sentencing hearing of former East High School teacher Kurt Brundage Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Brundage was sentenced to more than 2 1/2 years on two counts of indecent liberties with a child in connection with sexual contact he had with a 15-year-old girl in January 2010.

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Former East High School teacher Kurt Brundage, right, talks with defense attorney Jeff Hoeme during his sentencing hearing Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Brundage was sentenced to more than 2 1/2 years on two counts of indecent liberties with a child in connection with sexual contact he had with a 15-year-old girl in January 2010.

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Kurt Brundage's mother Karen O'Malley, testifies before her son's sentencing: "He's a lot warmer" as husband and father now," (to his wife and young daughter). (Nov. 2, 2012)

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Nicole Brundage testifies during the sentencing of husband Kurt Brundage. "He's trying to make something good out of a bad situation," she said. Kurt Brundage was sentenced to more than 2 1/2 years on two counts of indecent liberties with a child in connection with sexual contact he had with a 15-year-old girl in January 2010. (Nov. 2, 2012)

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Wife Nicole Brundage, left, and Karen O'Malley, Kurt Brundage's mother, react to the sentencing of Kurt Brundage to more than 2 1/2 years on two counts of indecent liberties with a child in connection with sexual contact he had with a 15-year-old girl in January 2010. (Nov. 2, 2012)

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Sedgwick County District Court Judge Phillip Journey denied a defense lawyerÕs request for probation and ordered former East High School teacher Kurt Brundage, 33, taken into custody. Journey sentenced Brundage to 32 months in prison on each of two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child.

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