Philadelphia, PENNSYLVANIA

Mar 27, 2007 -
Michael Castleman, 42, a teacher at Bucks County Technical High School, pleaded guilty to charges that he tried to solicit sex from a 15-year-old boy he met on the Internet.

He pleaded guilty to court to the felony counts of solicitation to commit statutory sexual assault, unlawful contact with a minor, and -- for pornogrpahy found on his computer -- sexual abuse of children. He will be a registered sex offender. He was arrested in the spring of 2005.

Sentencing scheduled for June 25.

TT - Castleman visited a chat room favored by teenagers for a year, announced he was good at a sex act and later tried to arrange to meet to meet the boy. The boy changed his mind, the mother found out and called police. An officer met Castleman.

Pennsylvania Educator Discipline System is online. Discipline actions.

SENTENCED June 26 - Castleman was sentenced to 10 years probation.

Castleman’s specific address will be listed on Pennsylvania’s Megan’s Law Web site for 10 years but it won't be updated.

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Pennsylvania Educator Discipline System is online. Discipline actions.