Guilty! David M. Kruchten, Madison, Wisconsin (arrested Jan 2020) [video voyeurism & child porn]

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    Former Wisconsin teacher to plead guilty to filming students

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota has reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors. David Kruchten, 38, of Cottage Grove, has agreed to plead guilty to one count of attempting to produce child pornography, the Wisconsin State Journal reported Friday. He would face at least six years in prison if U.S. District Judge James Peterson accepts the deal filed Thursday. A hearing is set for June 21. Prosectuors allege Kruchten used his position as a business teacher at Madison East High School to file students during field ...


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    Former teacher planted cameras in hotel rooms "just out of curiosity," he tells judge before pleading guilty

    Aformer Madison East High School teacher pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to attempting to produce child pornography by stashing hidden cameras in places where students on overnight trips would be undressed. David M. Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove — who was accused of trying to surreptitiously take video recordings of students during overnight trips with East High School's DECA business club — told U.S. District Judge James Peterson and a courtroom packed with former and present East students and parents that he positioned the cameras in the bathrooms of students' hotel rooms "just out of curiosity to see what ...


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    Fmr. Madison teacher accused of secretly recording students pleads guilty

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping female students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota pleaded guilty Monday to two counts in federal court. David Kruchten pleaded guilty to knowingly producing, distributing or possessing child pornography, as well as taking a minor across state lines for illicit sexual conduct. He faces up to 50 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fine. He will remain in prison until his sentencing in October. Prosecutors say Kruchten accompanied a field trip to Minneapolis with students from the high school in December of 2019. In the students’ hotel ...


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    Ex-Wisconsin Teacher to Pleads Guilty to Filming Students

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, under a plea deal with prosecutors. David M. Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove, faces six to 20 years in prison, after pleading guilty to two federal charges in Wisconsin, the State Journal reported. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 22. In Minnesota, Kruchten still faces three counts of interfering with the privacy of a minor. No court dates have been scheduled in that case. Kruchten told U.S. District Judge James Peterson and a courtroom packed ...


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    Ex-Wisconsin teacher to pleads guilty to filming students

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, under a plea deal with ...


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    Ex-Wisconsin teacher to pleads guilty to filming students

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, under a plea deal with ...


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    Ex-Wisconsin teacher to pleads guilty to filming students

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, under a plea deal with prosecutors. David M. Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove, faces six to 20 years in prison, after pleading guilty to two federal charges in Wisconsin, the State Journal reported. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 22. In Minnesota, Kruchten still faces three counts of interfering with the privacy of a minor. No court dates have been scheduled in that case. Kruchten told U.S. District Judge James Peterson and a courtroom packed ...


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    Ex-Wisconsin teacher to pleads guilty to filming students

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, under a plea deal with prosecutors. David M. Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove, faces six to 20 years in prison, after pleading guilty to two federal charges in Wisconsin, the State Journal reported. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 22. In Minnesota, Kruchten still faces three counts of interfering with the privacy of a minor. No court dates have been scheduled in that case. Kruchten told U.S. District Judge James Peterson and a courtroom packed ...


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    Ex-Wisconsin teacher to pleads guilty to filming students

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota pleaded guilty in federal court Monday, under a plea deal with prosecutors. David M. Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove, faces six to 20 years in prison, after pleading guilty to two federal charges in Wisconsin, the State Journal reported. Sentencing has been set for Oct. 22. In Minnesota, Kruchten still faces three counts of interfering with the privacy of a minor. No court dates have been scheduled in that case. Kruchten told U.S. District Judge James Peterson and a courtroom packed ...


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    Full East High investigative report finds Madison School District field trip policies lacking

    Along-withheld Madison School District report on how officials handled the case of an East High School teacher who used hidden cameras to record students undressing during field trips found he engaged in "no reportable abuse" and cleared district leaders of any wrongdoing. The 12-page report dated June 17, 2020, does, however, recommend strengthening district field-trip policies and includes additional detail about the incidents involving former East High business teacher and club leader David Kruchten, who pleaded guilty Monday in federal court to attempting to produce child pornography for placing the cameras in items in students' hotel rooms — something he'd ...


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    Not 'a pedophile,' ex-teacher convicted of placing hidden cameras writes in letter to judge

    With his sentencing approaching on Friday, a former East High School business teacher convicted of attempting to create child pornography using hidden cameras in students’ hotel rooms wrote in a letter to a judge that his obsession with spying on people didn’t begin with his students, but it ended there after starting with family and friends, including his wife, parents and grandparents. In the eight-page handwritten letter, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court with his attorney’s sentencing memorandum, David Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove, wrote that he started spying on family “to deal with stress and fulfill a need for ...


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    Former East High teacher gets 12 years of prison, supervised release for hidden cameras

    Aformer Madison East High School teacher was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release for hiding video cameras in student bathrooms during field trips. Seventeen East High students, former students, parents and teachers addressed U.S. District Judge James Peterson during the four-hour sentencing hearing of David Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove. Nearly all fought back tears as they described Kruchten’s “manipulative” and “grooming” behavior. Many asked Peterson to hand down 20 years in prison, the maximum sentence. “I have no doubt in my mind he was actually grooming the girls he wanted to see ...


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    Former Madison teacher accused of videotaping students sentenced to 12 years in prison

    A former Madison high school teacher accused of videotaping students in their hotel rooms was sentenced Friday in federal court to 12 years in federal prison. In August, David Kruchten pled guilty to two federal charges of traveling across state lines to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and transportation of a minor with intent to produce child pornography. Kruchten was accused of recording undressed students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota while working as a teacher at Madison East High School in 2019. The recordings happened during trips to Wisconsin Dells, Lake Geneva, and Minneapolis. Students ...


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    Ex-Wisconsin teacher gets 12 years for secret videotapes

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors. David Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, earlier pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to produce child pornography. Prosecutors alleged Kruchten used his position as a business teacher at Madison East High School to secretly videotape students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota. According to court documents, he accompanied East High’s business club students on overnight trips to Wisconsin Dells and Lake Geneva as well as Minneapolis ...


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    Former East High teacher gets 12 years of prison, supervised release for hidden cameras

    A former Madison East High School teacher was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release for hiding video cameras in student bathrooms during field trips. Seventeen East High students, former students, parents and teachers addressed U.S. District Judge James Peterson during the four-hour sentencing hearing of David Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove. Nearly all fought back tears as they described Kruchten’s “manipulative” and “grooming” behavior. Many asked Peterson to hand down 20 years in prison, the maximum sentence. “I have no doubt in my mind he was actually grooming the girls he wanted to ...


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    Former Wisconsin teacher who secretly videotaped students in Minneapolis is sentenced

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips to the Twin Cities and elsewhere was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors. David Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove, Wis., earlier pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to produce child pornography. Prosecutors alleged Kruchten used his position as a business teacher at Madison East High School to secretly videotape students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota. According to court documents, he accompanied East High’s business club students on overnight trips to Wisconsin Dells and ...


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    Ex-Wisconsin teacher gets 12 years for secret videotapes

    A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors. David Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin, earlier pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to produce child pornography. Prosecutors alleged Kruchten used his position as a business teacher at Madison East High School to secretly videotape students during field trips in Wisconsin and Minnesota. According to court documents, he accompanied East High’s business club students on overnight trips to Wisconsin Dells and Lake Geneva as well as Minneapolis ...


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    Former East High teacher gets 12 years prison, 20 years supervised release for hidden cameras

    A former Madison East High School teacher was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison and 20 years of supervised release for hiding video cameras in student bathrooms during field trips. Seventeen East High students, former students, parents and teachers addressed U.S. District Judge James Peterson during the four-hour sentencing hearing of David Kruchten, 39, of Cottage Grove. Nearly all fought back tears as they described Kruchten’s “manipulative” and “grooming” behavior. Many asked Peterson to hand down 20 years in prison, the maximum sentence. “I have no doubt in my mind he was actually grooming the girls he wanted to ...


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    Judge Slams ‘Self-Delusional’ Ex-Teacher Who Claimed He Had No Sexual Motivation for Hiding Cameras in Student Hotel Rooms During Field Trip

    A former Madison, Wisconsin high school teacher will spend the next twelve years in a federal prison for hiding ordinary-looking items that contained hidden cameras in hotel rooms occupied by his students during field trips — all with the alleged hope of recording the pupils in showers, bathrooms, and other private quarters. David M. Kruchten, 39, pleaded guilty on Aug. 16 to traveling with a group of high schoolers to Minneapolis. There, the docent was accused of setting up air fresheners, a smoke detector, alarm clocks, and thermostats in hotel rooms his students would inhabit for the night. The students ...


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