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A former Henrico County school teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to four counts of property destruction, admitting that he took at least four pairs of women’s shoes from porches along the Monument Avenue corridor and returned them several days later with a “sticky substance” inside.

Kenneth Webster Johnson III, 31, of the 8500 block of Eversham Court in Henrico County, pleaded guilty in Henrico General District Court to the four misdemeanor charges. An additional seven were dropped.

Johnson will not face jail time — a judge sentenced him to 12 months suspended for three years — if he complies with the plea agreement, which requires counseling and restitution paid to the victims. He is not allowed to contact the women whose shoes he took.

His attorney, Jason Anthony, told the judge that Johnson has been in counseling since his arrest.

Police arrested Johnson in December after tracking a pair of missing women’s shoes directly to him.

Henrico Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney Toni Randall said Johnson cooperated fully with police and confessed to what he had done.