A former Aberdeen substitute teacher accused of child molestation entered into a plea agreement on Tuesday in Grays Harbor Superior Court after being charged with possessing child pornography and molesting a minor last spring.
Ryan A. Rocquin, 33, pleaded guilty to child molestation in the first degree and possession of depictions of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct in the first and second degree as part of the agreement.
He will be sentenced on March 20.
According to court documents, a 5-year-old girl told her mother that Rocquin had touched her inappropriately and taken “naughty pictures” when the girl was at Rocquin’s house during the weekend of April 11, 2014.
Immediately after the conversation with her daughter, the girl’s mother called police and reported what the 5-year-old told her.
A search warrant was served at Rocquin’s house on April 17 at which time a number of items that were thought to contain digital images were seized and sent to Bellevue Police for forensic examination.
The forensic analysis revealed a total of seven nude pictures of the 5-year-old victim along with 400 digital images that depicted both male and female children engaged in sexually explicit poses or acts, according to court documents.
Rocquin initially pleaded not guilty to the charges last fall.
As part of the plea agreement, the prosecution agreed not to allege any aggravating circumstances surrounding the crime, but no charges were dropped.
Rocquin could face more than 16 years in prison, as the top of the sentencing range.
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