Crime & Safety

Fairfield Dance Instructor Enters Plea in Sexual Assault of Student, 13

The man, who exchanged 500 texts with the girl, was charged with sexually assaulting her.

Fairfield dance instructor John Sadowski, 26, pleaded guilty Wednesday to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old female student he had taught since she was 5 years old, according to the Connecticut Post.

Daniel Tepfer of the Post reports Sadowski, of Euclid Avenue in Fairfield, faces up to two years in prison when he is sentenced on Nov. 6.

The victim’s mother saw an inappropriate text from Sadowski on her daughter’s cell phone and called police, who seized the phone and later discovered 500 texts between Sadowski and the girl, according to the Post.

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The girl admitted to police that Sadowski had inappropriately touched her twice and police discovered that he included a photo of his private parts among the sexually graphic texts he sent, according to the Post.

Read the full report at the Connecticut Post here.

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