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A former Douglas County School District high school teacher and coach pleaded guilty to child sexual exploitation Monday, court records show.

Christen Cassic, 55, of Parker was arrested in January on suspicion of sexual exploitation of a child, a felony, and indecent exposure. The indecent-exposure charge was dismissed as part of a plea agreement.

Cassic started working as an assistant coach at Legend High School in 2015 and also worked there as a math teacher from 2019 to 2022. He was hired as an assistant coach and computer science teacher at Rock Canyon High School in 2022.

According to reporting from Colorado Community Media, Cassic was arrested after someone walked into his classroom at Rock Canyon and found him with his pants down looking at a laptop, which he quickly closed.

Cassic later admitted to having a USB drive with explicit photos that he viewed at school, which detectives say contained suspected child sexual abuse material.