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2 5th-grade teachers at same school convicted of child sex crimes — and investigators uncover disturbing connection

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A former Wisconsin fifth-grade teacher admitted to sexually assaulting two 15-year-old boys , becoming the second educator from the same elementary school to be convicted of sex crimes involving minors, according to authorities. The teacher is also accused of kissing an 11-year-old student. Abigail Faust, 25, pleaded guilty to child enticement and second-degree sexual assault of a child under 16 on Sept. 14, the Pioneer Press reported, adding that the prosecution dismissed "nearly a dozen" other charges, including allegations of her kissing a fifth-grade student. However, the charges were read in and still can be considered at sentencing. '[The victim] explained that during this time period, he believed he and [Faust] were in an exclusive relationship and that [Faust] referenced the two having a child together some day.' "What I did was not a mistake or a lapse of judgment," Faust said in St. Croix County Circuit Court, according to the Pioneer Press. Faust admitted that she "violated