Teacher From Ocean County Admits Sexually Assaulting Student

JACKSON, NJ — An Ocean County woman has admitted sexually assaulting a teenage student while working as a teacher in Monmouth County, the Monmouth County Prosecutor's Office said.

Allison Havemann-Niedrach, 45, of Jackson, pleaded guilty Wednesday before Superior Court Judge Jill G. O’Malley to one count of first-degree aggravated sexual assault, Prosecutor Raymond Santiago said.

Havemann-Niedrach had been a special education teacher at Freehold Intermediate School from March 2022 until 2024, when she was charged in connection with multiple sexual contacts with the teenager, authorities said.

The vice principal at the school raised concerns about the relationship between Havemann-Niedrach and the victim and police were notified in early June 2024, the Asbury Park Press reported.

The teen denied a relationship initially but when his phone was turned over to police, authorities discovered more than 25,000 text messages between Havemann-Niedrach and the victim, the Press report said.

A few days later, the victim’s mother contacted the police and told them that her son admitted that he had been in a sexual relationship with Havemann-Niedrach. Due to concerns for the victim’s mental health, the report said he was brought to a hospital to be evaluated.

Havemann-Niedrach was arrested in June 2024 and indicted in March 2025 on charges of aggravated sexual assault, endangering the welfare of a child via manufacture of child sex abuse materials (CSAM), two counts of second-degree endangering, second-degree official misconduct, second-degree sexual assault, and third-degree endangering.

She is tentatively scheduled to be sentenced May 7, and prosecutors will be seeking a 12-year prison term, forfeiture of public office, surrender of her teacher’s license, parole supervision for life, and registration as a sex offender under Megan’s Law, the prosecutor's office said.

Anyone with further information about her activities is asked to contact the prosecutor's office Special Victims Bureau at 800-533-7443.