Police said other people also reported inappropriate touching that made them feel uncomfortable, and a local instructor is accused of sexually abusing one of his students.
Earlier this year and the previous year, Nicholas Bergeron, a Strum resident, worked as a teacher at Osseo-Fairchild High School.
The criminal complaint claims:
A 15-year-old student complained in an email to the principal in January that Bergeron had touched her hands, buttocks, back, shoulders, and knees. Other kids claimed to have seen some of the instances, and she claimed that they occurred often over a period of several months.
She claimed that when she declined his request for her phone number, he allegedly turned to another student for it. According to a different kid, the Bergeron “sniffed her.”
When questioned, Bergeron initially denied ever touching a kid physically before ultimately admitting he may have touched one girl’s leg more than once. And that it was an accident that he had touched the girl’s buttocks.
On September 13, Bergeron will appear in court for the first time.