A former head coach of the Torrance High School wrestling team who was found guilty of 37 counts of lewd acts and child molesting earlier this month is scheduled to be sentenced Friday afternoon, officials said.
Thomas Snider is seen in a photo provided by the Torrance Police Department on April 15, 2015.
A jury found Thomas Joseph Snider, 48, guilty of 26 counts of lewd acts upon a child 14 or 15 years old, three counts of felony lewd acts upon a child under 14 and eight misdemeanor counts of child molesting.
The jury also found true that there were multiple victims, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
Snider faces more than 73 years in prison, officials said.
Snider molested 25 students between 13 and 16 years old while working as a wrestling coach at the school in 1995 and 1996 and from 2013 to 2015.
He molested the victims under the guise of inspecting them for skin diseases, according to evidence presented during the trial. Snider would make the victims take off their clothing and would sometimes touch the victims’ genitals, officials said.
Snider also watched students shower and would massage several of them, according to prosecutors.
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