LANCASTER, Pennsylvania (WPMT) Former Lancaster music teacher, Timothy M. Sterner, 54, has been sentenced to prison for sexual misconduct after engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student over a four-period.
Sterner recently admitted to the criminal conduct in Lancaster County Court. He confessed to requesting sexual contact, exposing himself, performing lewd acts as well as sending lewd and pornographic images to the victim. This behavior happened between the victim’s freshman and senior year of high school.
Through his attorney, Sterner submitted dozens of positive character references. These people described the “the positive impact he had as a teacher,” according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
Sterner pled guilty to five felonies and two misdemeanors.
Credit: Lancaster County District Attorney s Office Author: Isabel Soisson (FOX43) Updated: 11:17 AM EST January 29, 2021
LANCASTER, Pa. Former Lancaster music teacher, Timothy M. Sterner, 54, has been sentenced to prison for sexual misconduct after engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student over a four-period.
Sterner recently admitted to the criminal conduct in Lancaster County Court. He confessed to requesting sexual contact, exposing himself, performing lewd acts as well as sending lewd and pornographic images to the victim. This behavior happened between the victim s freshman and senior year of high school.
Through his attorney, Sterner submitted dozens of positive character references. These people described the the positive impact he had as a teacher, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney s Office.
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Timothy Mark Sterner entered a guilty plea for sexually propositioning a student at J.P. McCaskey High School over the course of several years, all while he was a teacher at the school. Photo: Lancaster County DA
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A former Lancaster School District teacher who sexually assaulted one of his students for three years could be going to prison for up to nearly two years, prosecutors said.
Timothy M. Sterner, 54, admitted to requesting sexual contact, exposing himself, performing lewd acts and sending lewd or pornographic photos of himself to the student between their freshman and senior years, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.
A former high school music teacher pleaded guilty to soliciting sexual contact from a student in Lancaster County court.
Timothy Sterner, 54, pleaded guilty to five felonies including unlawful contact with a minor, solicitation of institutional sexual assault, dissemination of child pornography, endangering the welfare of a child, and corruption of minors.
According to the District Attorneys office, Sterner was a music teacher with the School District of Lancaster when he met the student and used his position to get close with the student.
The crimes took place over a course of three years, ending in 2015 according to Asisstant District Attorney Fritz Haverstick.
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Timothy Mark Sterner entered a guilty plea for sexually propositioning a student at J.P. McCaskey High School over the course of several years, all while he was a teacher at the school. Photo: Lancaster County DA
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A former Lancaster County teacher accused of sexually assaulting one of his students pleaded guilty to several charges Friday and will have to register under Megan’s Law for the rest of his life.
Timothy M. Sterner, 54, pleaded guilty to five felonies and two misdemeanors, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office. He will be sentenced in a couple of months.