Madison Bergmann, 24, of Wisconsin, is accused of kissing a fifth grader after school and during lunch, according to a criminal complaint
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Madison Bergmann
A Wisconsin teacher who was charged in May after being accused by authorities of kissing one of her fifth grade students is now facing a slew of new charges, according to online court records.
On May 1, Madison Bergmann, 24, of St. Paul, was arrested and charged May 2 with one count of first-degree child sexual assault with a child under age 13, online court records show.
On Thursday, Aug. 15, an amended complaint was filed charging her with nine new counts including five counts of sexual misconduct by school staff, two counts of child enticement and one count each of use of a computer to facilitate a child sex crime and exposing a child to harmful descriptions, online court records show.
The boy’s mother first learned about the alleged inappropriate relationship when she heard her son talking on the phone with Bergmann on April 29, according to the initial criminal complaint, the Pioneer Press reported in May.
On Wednesday, May 1, the child’s parents went to the boy’s school, River Crest Elementary School in Hudson, after they found illicit text messages Bergmann had allegedly been exchanging with the child, charging documents claim, CBS News reports.
Police were called and Bergmann was arrested.
She resigned from her job as a fifth grade teacher on May 13, KARE 11 reports.
Bergmann and the boy allegedly texted each other “almost daily,” charging documents state, KSTP reports.
Bergmann allegedly texted the boy, telling him how much she enjoyed “making out” with him and how much she liked him touching her, according to the criminal complaint, KARE 11 reports.
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The boy allegedly told police the two touched each other in the classroom when other students couldn’t see them and had kissed during lunch, the complaint claims, KARE 11 reports.
Bergmann was arrested and released on $25,000 cash bond.
As a condition of her bond, the judge ordered Bergmann to have no contact with the boy or anyone under the age of 18, online court records show.
This includes contacting the boy or anyone under 18 “in person, by telephone, by way of electronic device, email, facsimile, social media including but not limited to texting, Facebook, Twitter, contact through the mail, and/or through a third person,” online court records show.
She was ordered to surrender her passport.
Her lawyer did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
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