Concerned Neighbors Noticed Young Male Going in and Out of Middle School Teacher’s House. Now She’s Accused of Sex Assault

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• An Illinois middle school teacher has been charged with three felonies stemming from allegations that he sexually assaulted a former underage student

• Neighbors began calling police after noticing the minor had made several visits to the home of 34-year-old teacher Jessica Bergmann, DuPage County authorities said.

• Authorities allege Bergmann was a teacher at the boy’s former middle school and that the alleged sexual assault occurred when he was a sophomore in high school

An Illinois middle school teacher has been charged with three felonies after being accused in court last week of sexually assaulting an underage former student.

The DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that Jessica Bergmann, a 34-year-old teacher at Washington Middle School in Aurora, Illinois, has been charged with two felonies of aggravated criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse. announced in a statement Saturday, November 8th.

Investigators began receiving information in October about the teacher’s possible inappropriate sexual relationship with the child, authorities said in a statement. DuPage County authorities claimed Bergmann met the boy when he was a student at Washington Middle School.

In a statement from the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office, it was alleged that some time after the student graduated, the middle school teacher and his former student “began communicating via text messages and phone calls.” Saturday. According to authorities, the alleged victim was a high school sophomore when the alleged sexual assault began.

“It is claimed that the relationship between the two turned sexual at one point,” the statement said. “It is also alleged that the relationship progressed further and the victim frequently went to Bergmann’s house, occasionally spent the night there, and the two had sexual intercourse there.”

Citing court documents, Daily Herald reported After neighbors noticed the child in Bergmann’s house, they became worried and started calling the police.

DuPage authorities said Bergmann was “taken into custody without incident” on Friday. He was released from custody after his first hearing and was ordered not to have contact with anyone under 18, according to the state attorney’s office.

Bergmann will appear in court again on December 1.

“The profound abuse of trust and authority allegedly displayed by Ms. Bergmann is deeply disturbing and will be met with the full force of the law,” DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin said in a statement. “Our teachers are entrusted with the welfare of our students. They are given the tremendous responsibility to guide and protect our students, not to harm or exploit them. A teacher who takes advantage of a student, as alleged in this case, is not only breaking the law, but also violating the trust placed in him by the community, the school, and the victim’s family.”

Wheaton Police Chief PJ Youker said in a statement that “cases involving allegations of abuse by a teacher undermine the trust of the community” and said “this behavior is unacceptable.”

If you or someone you know has been a victim of sexual abuse, text “POWER” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 to be connected to a certified crisis counselor.

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