A Georgia teacher was sentenced to 30 years in prison last week for a drug trafficking conviction.

Circuit Court Judge Robert E. Wilters sentenced Rufus W. Thornton Jr., a 37-year-old preschool teacher from Albany, on Wednesday, said Assistant District Attorney Crystal Boudreaux.

In November 2006, police found about seven pounds of marijuana in the back of a vehicle Thornton was driving in Baldwin County. Police pulled Thornton over on Interstate 10, about five miles east of the Wilcox Road exit, for having an expired tag, according to previous testimony.

Teacher receives 30-year sentence