CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A former high school band teacher in South Texas must serve five years in federal prison for sharing child pornography online.

Parker J. Pendergraph was sentenced Thursday in Corpus Christi. The 29-year-old Pendergraph in March pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography.

Pendergraph was an assistant band director at Carroll High School in Corpus Christi when he was arrested in February and then suspended. He also taught at two middle schools.

Prosecutors say the investigation began in November when an electronic chat room company notified authorities that...