BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- On Wednesday morning, a former Brazoswood High School teacher pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting one of her 15-year-old students nearly two decades ago.

A judge sentenced her to probation after she was convicted of 12 criminal counts connected to her improper relationship with a minor.

Once a decorated teacher of the year, Brandyn Martin Hargrove is now a convicted sex offender, facing the consequences of her actions, police say.

"From the get-go, we really felt there was a good chance this would go to trial, so we were a little surprised with the plea agreement," Clute PD Chief James Fitch said. "There was a lot of legwork by the detectives tracking down some of those people that went to school 17 years ago with our victim and people she made initia

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