AV teacher changes plea in lewd acts with teen
By Mike Cruz
Posted: 01/31/2010 04:50:28 PM PST
An Apple Valley middle school teacher pleaded no contest Friday to committing a lewd and lascivious act with a former student.
Brenton James Unferth, who taught physical education at Sitting Bull Middle School, changed his plea under the terms of a plea bargain reached with prosecutors at an appearance in Victorville Superior Court, according to court records.
Unferth returns to court Mar. 12 for sentencing. The defendant's possible sentence was not immediately available.
Unferth, 39, committed the lewd acts with a 15-year-old girl in 2008, according to sheriff's officials. Text messages between Unferth and the victim, who was in his seventh- and eighth- grade classes, were discovered by the girl's parents.
The Apple Valley School District placed Unferth on administrative leave. He is out of custody on bail.
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