SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A former Lake Mary High School teacher who was arrested last year pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a 17-year-old student.

Richard Colon, 57, pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of sexual battery on a child by a person in custodial authority, possession of material depicting sexual conduct on a child, computer solicitation of a child and transmission of material harmful to minors by electronic device.

Prosecutors said Colon sent sexually charged messages and photos to the teen over Snapchat in 2024. The abuse escalated at his home and in the classroom during a period when the teen had no class and Colon had no students, officials said.

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The state attorney’s office said forensic searches by the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office

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