A former teacher's aide was sentenced Tuesday in Cayuga County for sending sexually explicit images and videos to one of her students.Â
Last month, 23-year-old Nicole Green, of 137 Martville Road in Oswego County, . At that time, Green admitted to sending pictures of her breasts to a 15-year-old student while she was working as a part-time teacher's aide for the Red Creek School District.Â
According to the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office, Red Creek Superintendent David Sholes contacted the department after reports that Green was having inappropriate electronic communication with a ninth-grade student. She was arrested a few days later and charged with two counts of first-degree disseminating indecent material to a minor and one misdemeanor count of endangering the welfare of a child.Â
At her sentencing Tuesday before Judge Mark Fandrich, Cayuga County District Attorney Jon Budelmann recommended Green receive one to four years in prison, claiming she also sent the victim images of her vagina and a video of her masturbating. Budelmann also noted that Green was recently sentenced to six months in jail for third-degree rape in Wayne County, where she admitted to having sex with a teen.Â
Still, as part of Green's plea bargain, Fandrich sentenced her to six months in jail and 10 years probation. She will also have to register as a sex offender.
Nicole Y. Green
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