John Anthony Vigna, a former Montgomery County elementary school teacher who was convicted in 2017 for sexual abuse of students, was released from prison.
In July, Vigna’s conviction was overturned, and he was released on bond awaiting a new trial, according to Montgomery County Police.
The allegations against Vigna stem from the time he was a teacher at Cloverly Elementary School on Briggs Chaney Road in Silver Spring.
He was accused of inappropriately touching several female students between August 2001 and February 2016. He began teaching at the school October of 1991.
In 2017, John Vigna, of Silver Spring was found guilty on nine counts involving four victims. Vigna was serving 48 years in prison.
Vigna’s conviction was tossed out by Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge David Lease after new attorneys for Vigna argued he had “ineffective assistance of counsel.”
John Anthony Vigna, a former Montgomery County elementary school teacher who was convicted in 2017 for sexual abuse of students, has been released from prison.https://t.co/fWPrZvvKpS pic.twitter.com/ADV2POPBXj
— Montgomery County Department of Police (@mcpnews) September 18, 2023
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