BP: Former Duluth teacher sentenced to 12 years for sexual assault

DULUTH — For more than two months, Judge David Johnson said he had been losing sleep over the case that returned to his courtroom Thursday, Dec. 20.

Calling it the toughest decision he’s faced in 12 years on the bench, Johnson struggled with the fate of Karla Jean Winterfeld, the Duluth middle school teacher who admitted to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old former student.

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