Former Florida teacher convicted of drugging, sexually abusing foreign exchange student

MOUNT DORA, Fla. (TCD) -- A 51-year-old former high school teacher was found guilty of child sex crimes against an Italian foreign exchange student who had been staying with him. The Florida State Attorney's Office for the Fifth Judicial Circuit announced this week that a jury convicted Dmitri Kostyunin, a former Apopka High School teacher, of engaging in an act that constitutes sexual battery upon a child 12 years of age or older but younger than 18 years of age by a person in familial or custodial authority, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and delivery of cannabis to a pe