A former Community Unit School District 300 employee who lives in Geneva has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two minors she knew.

Lindsey P. Anderson

Thirty-one-year-old Lindsey P. Anderson on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, pleaded guilty to the offenses of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony, and aggravated criminal sexual abuse, a Class 2 felony.

Kane County Circuit Judge Donald M. Tegeler, Jr., accepted the plea and set Anderson’s next court appearance for 1:30 p.m. Dec. 6, 2019, in Courtroom 311 at the Kane County Judicial Center for sentencing.

Anderson faces a sentence of between four and 22 years imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections. In addition, Anderson must register for life as a sexual offender in accordance with the Illinois Sexual Offender Registration Act.

Kane County Assistant State’s Attorney Lori Schmidt stated during the plea hearing that between July 2013 and May 2015 Anderson sexually assaulted the two victims. Anderson knew both victims, who were younger than 18 years old at the time.

Anderson at the time was employed at Carpentersville Middle School and worked as a coach at Dundee-Crown High School.

Anderson took advantage of her prior relationship with the victims as their teacher. She was not their teacher when the crimes took place.

Anderson remains free on $10,000 bond.

Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon said: Anderson’s felony conviction and upcoming prison sentence should send a clear message of the consequences of this type of behavior.

“Ms. Anderson leveraged her position as a teacher to gain these victims’ trust and then selfishly took advantage of that trust,” he said. “As a teacher, she was in a position of authority and clearly knew that what she did was wrong and harmful to these children. Her felony conviction and upcoming prison sentence should send a clear message of the consequences of this type of behavior.”

SOURCE: Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office news release