JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A former Duval County school teacher pleaded guilty Thursday to having sex with a 16-year-old girl.
Leonard Hoffman was subsequently sentenced to one year in jail and eight years of sex offender probation.
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Hoffman was arrested in March on two counts of unlawful sexual activity and intercourse with certain minors.
Prosecutors said evidence showed that Hoffman, then a teacher at Paxon Middle School, had sex with the girl in September 2011.
"Today's sentence protects the victim from having to testify about those events in front of a jury," said Assistant State Attorney Erin Perry. "It also makes the defendant a sexual offender who will be under supervision for nine years."