Waukesha - Matthew A. Pagel, 24, pleaded guilty to three counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff at his plea hearing today in the Waukesha County Courthouse.
Two counts of second degree sexual assault of a child and three counts of sex with a child 16 or older were dismissed. Judge Lee S. Dreyfus said he might take the five dropped charges into account when he sentences Pagel at 3 p.m. Sept. 19.
Sexual assault of a student by school staff is a class-H felony that can result in fines up to $10,000 and incarceration for up to six years, three in a secure facility and three under probation. The state prosecutor will not make any sentencing recommendation.
Pagel is a 2002 Hamilton High School graduate who was employed there as a coach and special-education professor during the 2006-07 school year. The charges involved sexual acts that took place between Pagel and the victim near the end of January 2007.