Retired Oswego Teacher Pleads Guilty in Wisconsin

Donald McDowell taught at Traughber and Thompson junior highs and was charged with second-degree sexual assault, one count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, and two counts of possession of child pornography.

A retired Thompson Junior High teacher pleaded guilty Tuesday to a charge of second-degree sexual assault of a child, according to Wisconsin court documents.  Three other charges against Donald P. McDowell, 65, of the 500 block of Danbury Drive in Oswego, were dismissed in Waukesha County Circuit Court in Wisconsin on Tuesday. He had also been charged with one count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, and two counts of possession of child pornography. According to a criminal complaint, a Waukesha Police Department detective was working undercover as a 14-year-old girl in an Internet chat room on June 1 when he made contact with McDowell. McDowell asked for pictures of the girl, which the detective sent him. McDowell then …

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