Ex-Teacher Pleads Not Guilty to Molesting Girl
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A former Christian-school teacher pleaded not guilty Wednesday to molesting a 14-year-old female student, having sexual conversations with a second girl and kissing a third.
Armando Lucero, 26, of Lake Forest is alleged to have molested the student between April 2005 and this June.
Lucero, who was an athletic coordinator at Mission Viejo Christian School, also allegedly sent sexual text messages to the second girl, whom he met while working at an athletic summer camp. If convicted, he faces up to four years and four months in prison.
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