Former Pine Island teacher arrested and charged with sexually assaulting a 14-y/o student.
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ROCHESTER — A former Pine Island Public Schools teacher was ordered held on a $75,000 conditional bail or bond following her arrest by the Rochester Police Department for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl at the teacher’s Rochester home.
Lindsey Rose Schneeberger, 24, of Rochester, appeared before District Judge Joseph Chase on Friday, May 26, 2023, on three felony counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The charges allege penetration.
Schneeberger was a former volleyball coach and physical education teacher for Pine Island Middle School, where she met the teenager. The sexual assaults are alleged to have happened between March 1, 2023, and May 15, 2023.
Schneeberger was placed on leave March 6, 2023, due to an investigation, according to Pine Island Public School Superintendent Tamara Champa. Schneeberger resigned on March 16, 2023.
Champa declined to say what the investigation into Schneeberger was about, citing the need to speak with the district’s lawyer.
Any time we have any concern about students, we are going to react swiftly, always, and always make sure that students are at the forefront of every decision we make,” Champa said.
Schneeberger is currently employed by Byron Public Schools and the district learned of these charges today, according to a statement from Byron Public Schools Superintendent Mike Neubeck.
“There have been no allegations involving students at Byron Public Schools. Ms. Schneeberger is not scheduled to work and will not have access to any students. Further information regarding her employment is private personnel data at this point in time. There is nothing more important than the safety, security and well-being of our students and, while privacy laws do not allow us to discuss all of the actions that have been taken, please understand that the District immediately responded to the information received today. If you have any information related to this matter, you are urged to contact the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Department,” he wrote in a statement.
Senior Assistant Olmsted County Attorney Joseph Rosholt asked the court for a $150,000 conditional bail, citing Schneeberger lack of community connections. She’s originally from Wisconsin and is likely to lose a current substitute teaching job and may lose a job at Fed Ex following her hearing Friday.
Rosholt also highlighted Schneeberger’s abuse of authority and the strength of the state’s case against her.
Lindsey Rose Schneeberger, 24, of Rochester, appeared before District Judge Joseph Chase on Friday, May 26, 2023, on three felony counts of first-degree criminal sexual conduct. The charges allege penetration.
Schneeberger was a former volleyball coach and physical education teacher for Pine Island Middle School, where she met the teenager. The sexual assaults are alleged to have happened between March 1, 2023, and May 15, 2023.
Schneeberger was placed on leave March 6, 2023, due to an investigation, according to Pine Island Public School Superintendent Tamara Champa. Schneeberger resigned on March 16, 2023.
Champa declined to say what the investigation into Schneeberger was about, citing the need to speak with the district’s lawyer.
Any time we have any concern about students, we are going to react swiftly, always, and always make sure that students are at the forefront of every decision we make,” Champa said.
Schneeberger is currently employed by Byron Public Schools and the district learned of these charges today, according to a statement from Byron Public Schools Superintendent Mike Neubeck.
“There have been no allegations involving students at Byron Public Schools. Ms. Schneeberger is not scheduled to work and will not have access to any students. Further information regarding her employment is private personnel data at this point in time. There is nothing more important than the safety, security and well-being of our students and, while privacy laws do not allow us to discuss all of the actions that have been taken, please understand that the District immediately responded to the information received today. If you have any information related to this matter, you are urged to contact the Olmsted County Sheriff’s Department,” he wrote in a statement.
Senior Assistant Olmsted County Attorney Joseph Rosholt asked the court for a $150,000 conditional bail, citing Schneeberger lack of community connections. She’s originally from Wisconsin and is likely to lose a current substitute teaching job and may lose a job at Fed Ex following her hearing Friday.
Rosholt also highlighted Schneeberger’s abuse of authority and the strength of the state’s case against her.