COLUMBUS – A former Dublin Scioto High School teacher faces as much as 30 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal coutrt in Columbus to production of child pornography.
Authorities say Gregory Lee, 52, of Columbus, engaged in sex acts with a teenage girl and told her and another teen to exchange nude photographs with him on their phones.
The federal plea agreement takes into account Lee’s sexual contact with the victim, for which an indictment is pending in Franklin County Common Pleas Court, and requires Lee to plead guilty to that indictment as well, according to a statement from the office of U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman.
According to court documents, the parents of the teenage girl contacted Dublin Police in May after discovering information in their daughter’s personal journal regarding sexual activity with Lee, who had been her teacher.
The victim told authorities that she and Lee engaged in oral sex on numerous occasions in Lee’s classroom and in his vehicle and that Lee told her to create and exchange nude photographs through her phone.
A forensic examination of Lee’s electronic devices uncovered approximately 234 images of the victim and also revealed nude images of another female believed to be a former student of Lee’s who confirmed that she took the photographs with her cell phone when she was 17 years old and sent them to Lee.
Production of child pornography in this case carries a potential term of imprisonment of 15 to 30 years, Glassman said.