Overview
- A Hennepin County judge imposed life in prison Tuesday, with parole eligibility after 30 years and 1,457 days credited as time served.
- Hjermstad pleaded guilty in September to 12 first-degree counts tied to abuse between 2013 and 2021 involving children under 13.
- Many of the children were connected to teams he coached or schools where he taught, including Excell Academy and Harvest Best Academy.
- He was already serving a 12-year term for assaults on four boys, and if paroled he would face lifetime conditional release and predatory-offender registration.
- Investigators reported thousands of videos and files organized by victim, with a warrant noting 127 sets of initials, and a separate civil suit against Best Academy ended in a September settlement.