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Jeffrey Knight

Guilty plea
Sentencing date
Oct 27, 2025
School and location
Cohasset Middle School
Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Verified
Oct 3, 2026
Role
Teacher

What the source reports

Jeffrey Knight, 64, a former Cohasset Middle School teacher, pleaded guilty and was sentenced October 27, 2025 in Norfolk Superior Court to two and a half years in prison for sexually assaulting two students from his 7th- and 8th-grade classes. He had previously been convicted of assaulting a third Cohasset student and was sentenced in that case in 2021. He also received five years of probation, including no contact with children under 16 except his grandchildren.

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Record details

Case ID
jeffrey-knight-ma-2025
Category
Sexual Misconduct
State
Massachusetts
First published
Oct 3, 2026
Revision history
  • No corrections since first publication.

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