By Lynn Binnie
Whitewater Banner volunteer staff
whitewaterbanner@gmail.com

Per Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, Anthony P. Hansen, 34, of 137 N. Cherry Street was charged in Walworth County Circuit Court on August 15 with five counts of sex assault of student by school staff, a class H felony, and two counts of child enticement – sexual contact, a class D felony.

As was reported in a previous Banner article, Hansen was arrested on July 22 by the Whitewater Police Department. His employment in the instructional technology department of the Whitewater Unified School District was terminated immediately by action of the school board on August 8.

Hansen was released on bond with conditions that include no contact with an alleged victim. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for September 19, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. The police department indicates that it does not release its reports until after the preliminary hearing.

As is noted on Wisconsin Circuit Court Access, “This case has not been concluded. Unless a judgment of conviction is entered, the defendant is presumed innocent of all charges.”