Sunland Park, NEW MEXICO

Apr 1, 2007 - Dominic Ebert, 38, a Sunland Park Elementary School teacher, was arrested on suspicion of trying to solicit children online, charged with two counts of child solicitation by computer as the result of an undercover internet investigation by the New Mexico State Police Online Predator Unit.

Investigators received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, prompting an undercover Internet investigation.

NewsChannel 9 reports that "Officials say it happened while Ebert was teaching his 6th grade class at Sunland Park Elementary, a classroom full of 12 year-old girls."

INDICTED Apr 24 - A grand jury indicted Ebert on two counts of soliciting a child online.

GUILTY PLEA Feb 20, 2008 - Ebert pleaded guilty Monday to a fourth-degree felony charge of child solicitation by computer. Prosecutors agreed to drop a second solicitation charge as part of the deal. Authorities say Ebert, in a series of e-mail exchanges, asked a state attorney general's agent posing as a 12-year-old girl to perform a sex act.

He has agreed to permanently give up his New Mexico teaching license as part of the deal.

Investigators found the computer used to contact the undercover agent in Ebert's classroom. Ebert's contract was not renewed when it expired in May 2007.