Grand Junction, COLORADO

July 2, 2008 - Nefi Madrigal, 21, a tutor at Orchard Mesa Middle School, pleaded guilty to sending an obscene image to a 14-year-old girl. Prosecutors dropped the charge of felony Internet sexual exploitation of a child.

Authorities said Madrigal sent nude photographs of himself to the girl via her cell phone.
They were alerted when another student told police the 14-year-old girl showed her several pictures of Madrigal, one of which showed his genitalia.

The girl said she knew the pictures came from Madrigal’s phone because the phone displayed his number, the affidavit said

When he was arrested in May, he told police he had sent and received pictures to the girl, but non were inappropriate. He said he may have mistakenly sent the photos to the girl, but they were intended for his girlfriend in Utah. He said his girlfriend’s name is listed next to the girl’s in his phone book, but police said the girl’s name is listed four names away, the affidavit said.

Sentencing is scheduled for August.