
Roger Ebnet
BENSON, Minn. โ Additional charges of sexual abuse have been filed against a former Benson elementary school teacher accused of molesting his students during class.
61-year-old Roger Ebnet of Morris now faces 10 counts of criminal sexual conduct in the 2nd-degree. More alleged victims came forward after this initial arrest in Dec. 2022. Ebnet is accused of sexually touching or having 2nd grade male students sexually touch him during class. A hidden camera caught what appeared to be sexual touching at Northside Elementary in Benson on November 30 and December 1, 2022, and he was arrested.
After his arrest, five more former students contacted police and reported they also had been subject to the same behavior dating back to the 1993-94 school year.
The latest charges were filed Jan. 25.
Ebnet is free on $25,000 conditional bail. A jury trial is scheduled to begin October 22 in Litchfield. The judge hearing the case has approved a change in the trial location moving the trial from Swift to Meeker County.
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