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Ricardo J. Vila Jr., 39, of Smyrna, Delaware, United States is employed by the Colonial School District, which is based in New Castle, Delaware. Smyrna is around 30.5 miles away from New Castle.

Roth is a physical education teacher at George Read Middle School and an assistant baseball coach at William Penn High School. Both schools are in New Castle.

On May 2, 2024, Vila turned 39. At around 8:00 p.m. on March 12, 2025, he used Instagram to contact an eighth-grade girl, 13, who attends his school.

“This who I think it is?” Vila asked the girl, who the confirmed that. the Instagram account was hers. Over the next four days, the two exchanged messages through the social media site.

In the messages, Vila sent photos of his crotch as he wore gym shorts and described sex acts he wanted to engage in with the girl. He asked her for explicit photos of herself but she refused.

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On March 17, 2025, the principal of the girl’s school contacted police. Police interviewed the girl and her parents.

On March 24, 2025, Vila was arrested. He was charged with sexual solicitation of a child, sexual abuse of a child by a person in a position of trust and 15 other charges.

Vila appeared before a magistrate. He was sent to prison in lieu of $634,000 cash bail.

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