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

Wisconsin teacher charged with planting cameras in rooms at Minneapolis hotel

David Kruchten, 37, was charged in Hennepin County District Court with three counts of interfering with the privacy of a minor by planting hidden cameras.

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High school teacher charged with secretly recording students to create child porn

A Wisconsin high school teacher was charged Thursday with seven federal counts of attempting to create child pornography by secretly recording minors twice last year. The charges follow an investigation triggered by the discovery of hidden cameras that were planted in the Minneapolis hotel room of students he was chaperoning on a business club trip. David Kruchten, a teacher at Madison East High School, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday and arrested at his home in the Madison suburb of Cottage Grove on Thursday morning, according to U.S. Attorney Scott Blader. Kruchten, 37, was placed on leave ...

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High school teacher charged with secretly recording students to create child porn

A Wisconsin high school teacher was charged Thursday with seven federal counts of attempting to create child pornography by secretly recording minors twice last year. The charges follow an investigation triggered by the discovery of hidden cameras that were planted in the Minneapolis hotel room of students he was chaperoning on a business club trip. David Kruchten, a teacher at Madison East High School, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday and arrested at his home in the Madison suburb of Cottage Grove on Thursday morning, according to U.S. Attorney Scott Blader. Kruchten, 37, was placed on leave ...

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Wisconsin teacher charged with trying to record students

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin high school teacher was charged Thursday with seven federal counts of attempting to create child pornography by secretly recording minors twice last year. The charges ...

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Wisconsin teacher charged in Minnesota hidden camera case

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Wisconsin high school teacher facing federal child pornography charges was charged Wednesday in Minnesota with trying to secretly record students in their Minneapolis hotel rooms ...

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Prosecutors say Madison East teacher could face additional charges

Prosecutors say they may have identified an additional victim in the hidden camera case against a Madison East High School teacher. David Kruchten, 37, of Cottage Grove, appeared in federal court today and was bound over for further proceedings. He had a trial date set for Sept. 21. Kruchten is charged with seven counts of attempting to use a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of the conduct. He earlier pleaded not guilty. He has pleaded not guilty in the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman Thursday said Kruchten was involved ...

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Madison East teacher facing federal child pornography charges resigns

The Madison East High School teacher facing federal child pornography charges has officially resigned. According to a statement sent Friday to students’ families from Madison Metropolitan School District Superintendent Jane Belmore, school officials were informed of David Kruchten’s decision to resign, which is effective immediately. School officials said Kruchten announced his resignation Thursday. Kruchten was charged with three counts of interfering with privacy against a minor after hidden cameras were discovered in students’ hotel rooms during a DECA trip in Minneapolis. The statement said the review into his conduct as an MMSD employee is now closed. “We take seriously our ...

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East teacher David Kruchten resigns, Madison district promises third-party review of response to Minneapolis camera incident

The East High School teacher charged with attempting to create child pornography while on school field trips has resigned. Madison Metropolitan School District interim superintendent Jane Belmore announced David Kruchten’s resignation in a letter to East families Friday afternoon. “Recently, as a result of developments with the criminal investigation, MMSD central office was given notice to begin its internal investigation into the Minneapolis DECA incident, specifically as it relates to the conduct of Mr. Kruchten,” Belmore wrote. “Shortly after communicating our intent to begin this process, we were informed of Mr. Kruchten’s decision to resign effective immediately.” Students on a ...

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David Kruchten resigns from Madison East High School, district closes internal investigation

A Madison East High School teacher accused of attempting to use hidden cameras to make child pornography has resigned from his position with the Madison School District. The district received a resignation letter from David Kruchten on Thursday, said spokesman Tim LeMonds. At the beginning of February, interim Superintendent Jane Belmore announced that the now-former business and marketing teacher would not be returning to the school. But he remained on paid leave pending an investigation by the state Department of Justice. In December, members of East High’s DECA business club found hidden cameras in their hotel rooms during a school ...

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Former Madison East teacher faces more child pornography charges

A former Madison East High School teacher is facing a new indictment on charges that he tried to create child pornography. Prosecutors charged David M. Kruchten, 38, Cottage Grove, with 14 counts of attempting to produce child pornography through the use of hidden recording devices, and one count of transporting minors from Wisconsin to Minnesota with the intent to produce child pornography through the use of hidden recording devices. The federal indictment supersedes the seven charges originally filed against Kruchten. He pled not guilty in that case. Prosecutors indicated in February that the teacher could face additional charges. Kruchten had ...

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Former Madison East High School teacher faces additional child pornography charges

A former teacher at Madison East High School is facing seven additional child pornography charges. David Kruchten, 38, of Cottage Grove, has been charged in a superseding indictment with 14 counts of attempting to produce child pornography through the use of hidden recording devices, as well as one count of transporting minors from Wisconsin to Minnesota with the intent to produce child pornography. Kruchten had been previously charged with seven counts of attempting to produce child porn following an October 2018 incident. The new counts are in regard to a trip Kruchten took with DECA students in December after hidden ...

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More charges filed against former East High teacher accused of secretly recording students

A former Madison East High teacher accused of secretly recording female students during a Minneapolis field trip is facing new federal charges. David M. Kruchten, 38 of Cottage Grove, is facing seven new felony counts of attempting to produce child pornography using hidden recording devices, bringing the total number of counts of attempting to produce child porn against him to 14, as well as an additional count of transporting minors from Wisconsin to Minnesota with the intent to produce child porn. Federal prosecutors allege the incidents happened on four days over the span of a year: on Jan. 20, 2019; ...

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Teacher accused of setting up secret cameras faces additional charges

Additional federal child pornography charges have been filed against a former teacher at Madison East High School. David Kruchten, 36, is now charged with 14 counts of attempting to produce child pornography through use of hidden recording devices, and one count of transporting a minor across state lines with intent to produce child porn. Kruchten had been previously charged with seven counts from an October 2018 incident. The new charges stem from a trip to the Twin Cities last December in which Kruchten chaperoned the school’s business club. Hidden cameras were found in students’ hotel rooms. Kruchten entered a not ...

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Teacher accused of setting up secret cameras faces additional charges

Additional federal child pornography charges have been filed against a former teacher at Madison East High School. David Kruchten, 36, is now charged with 14 counts of attempting to produce child pornography through use of hidden recording devices, and one count of transporting a minor across state lines with intent to produce child porn. Kruchten had been previously charged with seven counts from an October 2018 incident. The new charges stem from a trip to the Twin Cities last December in which Kruchten chaperoned the school’s business club. Hidden cameras were found in students’ hotel rooms. Kruchten entered a not ...

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More federal charges for ex-East teacher charged in hidden camera case

A former East High School business and marketing teacher was charged Wednesday with seven more counts of attempting to create child pornography by using hidden cameras and one new charge of transporting seven minors to Minnesota with the intention of creating child pornography with hidden cameras. The additional charges against David M. Kruchten, 38, of Cottage Grove, issued by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment, involve alleged acts on different dates than those in the original indictment, issued on Jan. 29. The original indictment alleged that Kruchten attempted to create child pornography on Oct. 27, 2019, and on ...

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More federal charges for ex-East High teacher charged in hidden camera case

A former East High School business and marketing teacher was charged Wednesday with seven more counts of attempting to create child pornography by using hidden cameras and one new charge of transporting seven minors to Minnesota with the intention of creating child pornography with hidden cameras. The additional charges against David M. Kruchten, 38, of Cottage Grove, issued by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment, involve alleged acts on different dates than those in the original indictment, issued on Jan. 29. The original indictment alleged that Kruchten attempted to create child pornography on Oct. 27, 2019, and on ...

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More federal charges for ex-East High teacher accused of recording students with hidden cameras

A former East High School business and marketing teacher was charged Wednesday with seven more counts of attempting to create child pornography by using hidden cameras and one new charge of transporting seven minors to Minnesota with the intention of creating child pornography with hidden cameras. The additional charges against David M. Kruchten, 38, of Cottage Grove, issued by a federal grand jury in a superseding indictment, involve alleged acts on different dates than those in the original indictment, issued on Jan. 29. The original indictment alleged that Kruchten attempted to create child pornography on Oct. 27, 2019, and on ...

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Madison School District spent $8K to review its handling of teacher accused of concealing cameras

The Madison School District paid about $8,000 for a third-party investigator to review its actions involving an East High School teacher charged with placing hidden cameras in students’ hotel rooms. The district has so far not released the investigative records, citing attorney-client privilege and student privacy concerns, as well as the ongoing criminal case against former teacher David Kruchten. The district released in response to a Wisconsin State Journal records request invoices from between March and July 2020 from local attorney Malina Piontek, who conducted the district’s investigation. Piontek was hired to review staff adherence to district policies and protocols ...

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Ex-teacher charged in hidden camera case to plead guilty, agrees to prison sentence of at least 6 years

Aformer Madison teacher accused of surreptitiously taking video recordings of undressed students during overnight trips has agreed to plead guilty to a charge he faces in federal court and be sentenced to at least six years in prison, according to a plea agreement filed Thursday. David M. Kruchten, 38, of Cottage Grove, who was a business teacher at Madison East High School, will plead guilty to attempting to produce child pornography and would be sentenced to at least six years in prison and at least 20 years of supervised release under the agreement signed on Wednesday by Kruchten and his ...

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Former Madison East teacher accused of secretly recording students proposes guilty plea

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. Kruchten plans to plead guilty to the charge of attempted production of child pornography. A judge still needs to agree to the plea deal. Kruchten’s plea hearing will be on June 21 over Zoom. He would face at least six years in prison under the deal filed Thursday. David M. Kruchten, 38 of Cottage Grove, was arrested on Jan. 30, 2019. Prosecutors say Kruchten accompanied a field trip to a Minneapolis with students ...

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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. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that 38-year-old David Kruchten will plead guilty to attempting to produce child pornography. He would face at least six years in prison under the deal filed Thursday. Kruchten was originally charged in January 2020 with seven counts of attempting to produce child pornography. Eight more charges were added in August, including one count of transporting seven minors to Minnesota with the intention of creating child pornography. Kruchten resigned ...

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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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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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Wisconsin teacher accused of recording undressed students gets federal plea deal

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. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that David Kruchten, 38, will plead guilty to attempting to produce child pornography. He would face at least six years in prison under the deal filed Thursday. Kruchten was originally charged in January 2020 with seven counts of attempting to produce child pornography. Eight more charges were added in August, including one count of transporting seven minors to Minnesota with the intention of creating child pornography. Kruchten resigned ...

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Former teacher to plead guilty to secretly 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. 38-year-old David Kruchten will plead guilty to attempting to produce child pornography. He would face at least six years in prison under the deal filed Thursday. Kruchten was originally charged in January 2020 with seven counts of attempting to produce child pornography. Eight more charges were added in August, including one count of transporting seven minors to Minnesota with the intention of creating child pornography. Kruchten resigned as a business teacher at Madison ...

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Ex-Wisconsin teacher pleads guilty to videotaping undressed 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. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that 38-year-old David Kruchten will plead guilty to attempting to produce child pornography. He would face at least six years in prison under the deal filed Thursday. Kruchten was originally charged in January 2020 with seven counts of attempting to produce child pornography. Eight more charges were added in August, including one count of transporting seven minors to Minnesota with the intention of creating child pornography. Kruchten resigned ...

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