Ex-Teacher Pleads Guilty To State Charges

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First-degree sexual assault of a minor
Posted: 7:53 PM Jan 5, 2009
Last Updated: 8:14 PM Jan 5, 2009
Reporter: WOWT
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A former Lexington, Nebraska teacher pleaded guilty Monday to two state charges for having sex with a 13-year-old student and fleeing to Mexico with him.

Dawson County Attorney Elizabeth Waterman says Kelsey Peterson entered the plea to two counts of first-degree sexual assault. Two other charges were dismissed.

Peterson had pleaded not guilty to state charges in November.

Authorities say Peterson was the boy's sixth-grade math teacher at Lexington Middle School during the 2005-06 school years and then started having sex with him in November 2006.

Peterson is already serving a six-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal charges. She faces up to 50 years in prison for each of the state charges. Her sentencing is scheduled for March 6th.

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Posted by: Sid on Jan 6, 2009 at 05:13 PM
In one article, she said that the student pursued her and she wasn't smart enough to avoid him. I doubt if she will ever ever do this again.

Posted by: Tom on Jan 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM
This sick, sick MONSTER needs to go away for a long time. No soft punishment, or she will do it again and again.

Posted by: She'll Walk on Jan 5, 2009 at 11:24 PM
Large emphasis on the SHE. What a twisted society we have created.

Posted by: bob on Jan 5, 2009 at 10:55 PM
it's people like her that give other teachers a bad rep. what a sicko