07-13-2011, 06:22 PM
Ex-teacher sentenced on bestiality charge
PHOENIX -- A former Phoenix music teacher has been sentenced to one year of supervised probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of conspiracy to commit bestiality.
Patrick Stephen Trejo, 25, was sentenced Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court.
The court said Trejo is in the process of completing court-ordered counseling and a class on dangerous behaviors. His probation bans him from possessing animals.
Trejo and Keith Kiefer, a Mesa handyman, were arrested last February during an undercover investigation by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Authorities accused the two of using special code language to connect through Craigslist with other people interested in bestiality.
The two were arrested after they arranged to meet an undercover sheriff's canine deputy and his dog at a hotel.
Kiefer was sentenced in June to two years of supervised probation.
Trejo was a music teacher at Raul H. Castro Middle School in Phoenix when he was arrested.
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PHOENIX -- A former Phoenix music teacher has been sentenced to one year of supervised probation after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor count of conspiracy to commit bestiality.
Patrick Stephen Trejo, 25, was sentenced Wednesday in Maricopa County Superior Court.
The court said Trejo is in the process of completing court-ordered counseling and a class on dangerous behaviors. His probation bans him from possessing animals.
Trejo and Keith Kiefer, a Mesa handyman, were arrested last February during an undercover investigation by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Authorities accused the two of using special code language to connect through Craigslist with other people interested in bestiality.
The two were arrested after they arranged to meet an undercover sheriff's canine deputy and his dog at a hotel.
Kiefer was sentenced in June to two years of supervised probation.
Trejo was a music teacher at Raul H. Castro Middle School in Phoenix when he was arrested.
http://ktar.com/category/local-news-arti...ty-charge/