Former LHS employee pleads guilty – Yahoo News

Sep. 24—A former Lewiston High School employee pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of injury to a child following an exchange of messages and photos with a student on the social media app Snapchat.Filiotamaitai V. Church, 23, entered a guilty plea as part of a plea agreement to Magistrate Judge Sunil Ramalingam on Friday at the Nez Perce County Courthouse. Church appeared in court and in a low, quiet voice said “guilty” when Ramalingam asked how he pleaded. Church was represented by attorney Paul T. Clark.Deputy Prosecutor Nathan Rupp was representing the Nez Perce County Prosecutor’s Office. Rupp said the victim in the case was informed of the hearing and plea agreement but wasn’t present in court.Ramalingam sentenced Church to withheld judgment to serve 60 hours of community service in lieu of five days in jail. He also will be on probation for up to a year. The withheld judgment status means that after Church completes probation, he can have the case dismissed by a judge and wouldn’t have a conviction on his record. Church wasn’t fined but will pay court costs of $157.50.Ramalingam told Church that he wished him luck on successfully completing his probation so “that you can…
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