A former Tioga County dance instructor could spend the rest of her life in prison for inappropriate contact with students.

40 year old Julie Werkheiser, who owned Studio J Dance on  Broad Street in Waverly was sentenced February 5 to 11 years to life in prison for sexually abusing two children in 2006 and 2007.

Werkheiser’s partner, Samantha Stone is awaiting a new trial on accusations of abusing a child under the age of 13 in Binghamton.

Her first conviction on a charge of predatory sexual assault against a child was set aside and a new trial ordered in November following a challenge of contested testimony from the alleged victim’s stepmother and grandmother.

 

 

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