A Baltimore County judge Tuesday sentenced a high school teacher to one year of probation after he pleaded guilty to assaulting a 16-year-old girl in his classroom.

Christian Liverman, 31, of Towson, admitted to assaulting the girl last school year at Chesapeake High School in Baltimore County. Circuit Judge John Turnbull II struck Liverman?s conviction ? and sentenced him to probation before judgment. Prosecutors dropped more serious child abuse and perverted practice charges.

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