Former Cape Coral teacher who sent inappropriate pictures to student reaches plea deal

Writer: Carolina Guzman
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Joseph Reynolds Credit: The Lee County Sheriff’s Office

Joseph Reynolds, a former teacher at Diplomat Middle School in Cape Coral, appeared in a Lee County courtroom Thursday afternoon.

As part of a plea deal, he admitted to four different charges, including possessing child pornography and sending inappropriate pictures to a student in April 2023.

Reynolds’s plea agreement included spending 144 months in state prison, followed by an additional 8 years of sex offender probation.

Reynolds also has to pay $3,100 to the Cape Coral Police Department for its costs related to the investigation.

He has to register as a sex offender with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Reynolds will be formally sentenced in 30 to 45 days.

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