Former Olathe teacher sentenced to over 5 years in prison on sex crimes
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- On Friday, March 28, a now-former Olathe North High School choir teacher was sentenced to more than five years in prison after he had sex with a student.
The Johnson County district attorney said Micah Horton was sentenced to 68 months in prison for two counts of unlawful sexual relations, and he will be required to register as a sex offender for 25 years.
In March 2024, Horton was charged with sexual exploitation of a child and two counts of unlawful sexual relations.
A complaint accused Horton of unlawfully engaging in sodomy two separate times with a student under the age of 16 who was enrolled at Olathe North High School. It also accused him of persuading, enticing or coercing a child under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct between Dec. 7, 2023 and Feb. 12, 2024.
According to court records, students at Olathe North went to school authorities and told them that Horton had been messaging students on Snapchat and had persuaded one student to send him nude photos and videos. He also sent nude photos of himself to that student, according to court records. The student disclosed that the two had a sexual relationship.
Court records also revealed that Horton allegedly had sex with another student while he was working for a different school district.
During the investigation, a student from a different school said the same thing happened when he was teaching there. Court records said Horton had sex with this student multiple times, including in his office.
The district attorney's office said Horton was only charged for the crimes committed while he was teaching at Olathe North High School.
According to court records, he originally pleaded not guilty to the charges in July 2024. However, Horton ultimately pleaded guilty to two counts of unlawful sexual relations in January 2025; the judge dismissed the child exploitation charge.
The Olathe Public Schools Board of Education terminated Horton in 2024 and banned him from Olathe North and all Olathe school district facilities.