A former Michigan teacher has been sentenced after two former students told police that he sexually assaulted them when they were 12 and 14 years old.

GAYLORD, Mich. - A former teacher in Northern Michigan has been charged with sexually assaulting two underage students more than 15 years ago, officials said. Two former students of Grace Baptist School in Gaylord told state troopers in December 2018 that they had been sexually assaulted by a teacher in 2002 and 2003, police said. Willand, who now lives in Arlington, Washington, returned to Michigan and turned himself in, authorities said. Willand is charged with eight counts of third-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person ages 13 to 15 years old, four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a person under 13 years old and three counts of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim between 13 and 16 years old. The second- and third-degree charges are felonies punishable by up to 15 years in prison.