Overview
- Ted Matthew Bennett, 58, faces third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct charges involving a 16-year-old Mounds View High School student.
- Bennett resigned Wednesday and the school board accepted his resignation Thursday after his first court appearance, where a judge set bond at $75,000 and ordered no contact with the teen.
- Prosecutors say messages show Bennett provided the student alcohol and Adderall, with surveillance capturing the pair together on campus including entering a storage area.
- The complaint details sexual contact on multiple occasions, including during the school day in a theater back room, and includes a text from Bennett telling the student to lie and delete messages after he was placed on leave.
- Investigators believe there may be additional victims and directed anyone with information to the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office tip line at 651-266-7331.