Herndon, VIRGINIA

Jan 9, 2007 - Richard C. Forsythe, 37, a math teacher at Herndon Middle School, has been charged with custodial indecent liberties with a minor.

He turned himself into police and has been placed on administrative leave by the school. Police have declined to discuss the custodial relationship or other details.

June 28 - Additional charges have been filed against Forsythe charging that had inappropriate contact in October with the then-16-year-old girl in his home in Sterling, the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office alleges. He was charged by Loudoun authorities with custodial indecent liberties with a minor. He's being held without bond.

GUILTY PLEA & SENTENCINGJan 30, 2008 - Forsythe pleaded guilty to contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was sentenced in Fairfax County Circuit Court to 12 months in jail - not prison - that was SUSPENDED with the understanding that Forsythe would plead guilty and be sentenced in Loudoun County for custodial indecent liberties with a high school student.

SENTENCED March 19, 2008 -County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne sentenced Forsythe to two years, but suspended all but 90 days of the sentence.
After his release from the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center sometime in this late spring, the 38-year-old will spend the next two years on probation and in sex offender counseling. And for the rest of his life, Forsythe will be registered and labeled as a sex offender.

"He will never teach again," said defense attorney Edward Nuttall. "He's lost everything," including his home, his life savings and his marriage of 10 years.

County Circuit Court Judge Thomas D. Horne sentenced Forsythe to two years, but suspended all but 90 days of the sentence. [Remarks by the judge at the news site.]