Teacher heads to prison over 3 charges
By: News 14 Carolina Web Staff
Michael Tye
CHARLOTTE – An Independence High School teacher will spend the next five years behind bars after pleading guilty to three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Michael Tye, 39, was arrested in December. Police say he paid two students so he could take pictures of them at his home in Concord.
Tye was a swim coach at the school and taught psychology. He has been sentence to at least five years in prison on the three charges.
Tye was also charged with indecent liberties with a student and will be on probation for that charge for 30 months when he gets out of prison.