Overview

• At a Sept. 29 hearing, Madison Bergmann pleaded guilty to one count of child enticement and two counts of sexual misconduct by school staff; sentencing is set for Dec. 22 and she faces up to 18 years in prison.
• Prosecutors dismissed several counts under the agreement, including first-degree child sexual assault and using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.
• Investigators and testimony described extensive evidence, including more than 33,000 texts, as a school resource officer testified, and a folder of handwritten notes labeled with the boy’s name.
• The relationship was uncovered on April 29, 2024 after the boy’s mother overheard a call and his father printed messages from the phone and alerted the school.
• In a separate case at the same school, fellow fifth-grade teacher Abigail Faust has been charged with multiple offenses unrelated to Bergmann’s case, according to local reports.