Former Anoka middle school teacher pleads guilty to sexually abusing teen boys

A former Anoka middle school theater teacher charged with sexually abusing five male minors over the course of a decade pleaded guilty Thursday to three felony charges and now faces up to 30 years in prison.

Jefferson Fietek, 47, was charged in June 2020 and faced a total of 10 felony counts of criminal sexual conduct after former Anoka Middle School for the Arts students and participants in a theater nonprofit he co-founded reported abuse spanning 2009 to 2019. They were all minors when they allege they were abused at school and at Fietek's Coon Rapids home, described in court documents as being full of Peter Pan and Muppets memorabilia.

When allegations surfaced, Fietek lost his short-lived job at Boston's Emerson College and was extradited to Anoka County, where he has since remained on GPS surveillance. Fietek will remain free and on surveillance pending sentencing Nov. 17, on the condition that he cooperates with the presentencing investigation.

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