Troy Ruzicka has been sentenced to five years in prison for sex-related crimes that occurred while he was a teacher at Estevan Comprehensive School (ECS).
Ruzicka, 42, was sentenced at the Estevan Courthouse on Monday afternoon. He was in the courtroom when the sentence was handed down.
He will serve the sentence at the federal penitentiary in Prince Albert.
Ruzicka will also be subject to a 10-year firearms prohibition, and an eight-year no-contact order for anyone under 16 years of age. He will also have to submit to a DNA order, and will be registered with the national sex offender registry for 20 years.
The Crown prosecutor and defence attorneys made a joint submission regarding Ruzicka’s sentence.
Ruzicka pleaded guilty on Sept. 11 to a pair of charges of sexual assault, one charge of sexual touching while in a position of trust or authority, three charges of using telecommunication device to communicate with someone under 18 years of age for the purpose of facilitating the commission of an offence, and one charge of accessing child pornography.
Several other charges were stayed.
The charges were related to three female teenage students at ECS.
The Estevan Police Service was contacted by representatives with the South East Cornerstone Public School Division on Feb. 8, regarding allegations of inappropriate conduct by Ruzicka, who had been a shop teacher at ECS.
A complete investigation was initiated by the EPS’s Criminal Investigations Division regarding the claims. Charges were laid on March 3.
