Former Livermore Golf Pro Gets 27 Years for Abusing Boys He Taught

A former Livermore golf instructor was sentenced today to 27 years in state prison for sexually abusing three boys he was teaching and then trying to solicit someone to murder them. Andrew Nisbet, 32, had faced a total of 75 felony counts for allegedly abusing the boys as well as three felony counts of solicitation of murder for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to murder the victims in his case after he was in jail.

But on Sept. 11, he pleaded guilty to seven felony counts in a plea bargain with the Alameda County District Attorney’s Office -- one count each of forcible oral copulation and possession of child pornography, two counts of lewd and lascivious conduct with a minor and three counts of solicitation of murder. Nisbet was arrested last Dec. 7, shortly before he was to receive the 2013 Junior Golf Leader Award from the PGA’s Northern California Section.

Related: Livermore Golf Pro Pleads ‘Guilty’ to Abusing Boys

PGA officials cited Nisbet “for his dedication and leadership in developing a wealth of exciting and educational golf programs for juniors.” Nisbet taught at the Las Positas Golf Course in Livermore and helped plan and run the U.S. Kids Golf World Championships in Pinehurst, North Carolina.

Nisbet was charged with the solicitation of murder counts earlier this year for allegedly trying to hire a hit man to murder the victims in his case. Alameda County District Attorney Inspector Jeff McCort said in a probable cause statement that Nisbet wrote letters from his cell at the Santa Rita Jail in Dublin expressing interest in having the boys “taken care of.” Authorities learned of the alleged plot on Feb. 25 when a confidential informant brought them to the attention of a sheriff’s deputy at the jail, according to McCort.

In March, a district attorney’s inspector who posed as a hit man visited Nisbet in jail in a meeting that was secretly recorded, prosecutors said. McCort said that during the jail conversation, Nisbet indicated that he was serious about trying to have the boys killed.

—By Bay City News

Previous coverage:

• Livermore Golf Coach Pleaded ‘Not Guilty’ to 75 Counts of Sexual Abuse of Children
• New Charges Filed Against Livermore Golf Pro Accused of Sexually Abusing Boys
• Golf Coach Arrested on Eve of Award Banquet

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