Former Springfield Central Student Sentenced for Sexual Assault

A man from Springfield, who was a student at Central in 2018 when he was charged, is now being sentenced for sexual assault.

Prosecutors charged 23-year-old Marquis Thomas with five counts of sodomy, three counts of sexual abuse and one count of sexual misconduct in November of 2018 while he was a senior in high school.

The student he assaulted was 17, and was also a student at Central.

Investigators say Thomas attacked the student in a staircase of the school.

He was sentenced earlier this week to seven years for each of the five sodomy charges, one year for each of the three sexual abuse charges and six months for sexual misconduct.