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Originally published Friday, November 6, 2009 at 8:22 AM

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Ex-teacher found guilty on lesser rape charges

A jury has found a former Wapato teacher accused of raping one of his fifth-grade students guilty of two of the five charges against him.

The Associated Press

YAKIMA, Wash. —

A jury has found a former Wapato teacher accused of raping one of his fifth-grade students guilty of two of the five charges against him.

Twenty-eight-year-old Jesus Vega Barcenas has been convicted on two counts of second-degree rape of a girl he first met in a third-grade after-school program.

Jurors found Vega Barcenas not guilty of two counts of first-degree child molestation and one count of second-degree rape.

The Yakima Herald-Republic reports he was accused of kissing and fondling the girl in 2006 in his classroom and later having sex with her after he started dating her mother.

A sentencing date for Vega Barcenas has been tentatively set for Dec. 18.

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Information from: Yakima Herald-Republic, http://www.yakima-herald.com

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