Crime & Safety
Former Eagan Middle School Teacher Pleads Guilty to Stalking
The former teacher charged with stalking a 12-year-old female student has pleaded guilty.
A former Eagan middle school teacher charged with stalking a 12-year-old female student has pleaded guilty.
KSTP reported that 25-year-old Cody Woodrow Hansen of Hastings pleaded guilty Thursday to stalking.
According to the criminal complaint, Hansen repeatedly sent suggestive messages to the female student via SnapChat beginning last November. He used four different usernames and continued despite the girl saying that he was "creeping" her out.
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The girl also told investigators she "felt creepy and unsafe" while in Hansen's classroom.
Hansen taught at Black Hawk Middle School from 2013 until January of 2016 and was the Eagan High School wrestling coach from 2013 to 2015.
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Hansen is expected to be sentenced Oct. 20.
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