ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – A former Oviedo teacher who tried to solicit a 15-year-old for sex online will spend the next 10 years in federal prison.
Dennis Lee Line, 53, was sentenced by a federal judge on Wednesday after he was found guilty by a jury on Aug. 11.
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Line was arrested in February after investigators said he began exchanging messages with a detective posing as a 15-year-old girl on a dating-centric social network, according to an arrest affidavit.
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In the messages, the detective made clear to Line that the girl they were portraying was 15 years old, the affidavit said. Line told the detective that he was “absolutely okay” with the age difference.
The two made arrangements to meet at a restaurant parking lot in Orlando, where Line was arrested.
Line was a teacher at Oviedo High School from July 2001 to May 2018, according to a statement from Seminole County Public Schools.
He was also formerly employed at Universal Orlando Resort.
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