Wisconsin Teacher and Boy,14

(St. Francis, Wisconsin) A 26-year-old eighth-grade teacher at Deer Creek Intermediate School, Kelly M. Sweet, has been charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy.

Yesterday, Sweet pleaded not guilty to felony sexual assault of a child.

According to a criminal complaint, the boy was sitting on a sofa watching a movie at Sweet's apartment March 9 while Sweet, who was lying on the sofa, rested her head on his lap. She began kissing him and initiated sexual contact, the complaint says.

The boy told investigators that he knew Sweet, but it was not clear from the complaint whether he was her student.

Sweet was booked into custody at the Milwaukee County Jail.


[Update 8/26/08]

Kelly Sweet sentenced.