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Former Westminster High School teacher sentenced to seven years for sex assault of student

Benjamin Forbes, who had sex with 16-year-old female student, pleaded guilty

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Benjamin Forbes.
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A former Westminster High School teacher has been sentenced to seven years in prison for sex assault of a child.

Benjamin Forbes was sentenced Wednesday in Adams County after pleading guilty earlier to one count of attempted first-degree assault and attempted sexual assault on a child, according to the district attorney’s office. Both counts are felonies.

Forbes, a math teacher and soccer coach at the school, had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female student from August to December 2016, according to the district attorney’s office. He was arrested and .

Forbes was sentenced by Adams County District Judge Sharon Holbrook.

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