Federal prosecutors say a former music teacher from Ventura County has entered a guilty plea to a child pornography charge.
They say according to his plea agreement, John Edward Zeretzke admitted coercing an underage girl into producing child pornography.
The 61-year-old Ventura man had already pled guilty to a half dozen state child pornography charges. He’s been sentenced to 18 years in state prison, and faces a minimum of 15 years in federal prison as a result of the guilty plea.
Zeretzke had contracts with a number of school district over the years as a music instructor.
