Former Northshore School District teacher arrested in sting pleads guilty

Former Leota Middle School teacher John Butz, arrested in a sting operation, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted molestation of a child in the second degree.

REDMOND, Wash. — The former Northshore School District teacher arrested in a sting operation in Dec. 2024 pleaded guilty in court and will be sentenced on Friday. 

John Erwin Butz, 61, pleaded guilty to one count of attempted molestation of a child in the second degree on Dec. 15, 2025.

This is in connection to his arrest in Dec. 2024, after he responded to an online ad seeking a tutor for two young girls. He was arrested

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