BEND, OR -- A former Vice Principal of Redmond High, Michael Richard Tallman, has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for sexually abusing a student at Redmond Proficiency Academy. The Bulletin reports this is the third time Tallman has been convicted of sexually abusing a former student. Tallman has been lodged in the Deschutes County Jail since February 2019 after he was arrested in Kentucky.  Tallman apologized in court to the victims and admitted he had caused them incredible emotional pain.