Wednesday, September 26, 2012
The following information was provided by the Marion Police Department. Arrests do not indicate a conviction.
Benjamin Allan Etzel, of Marion, was charged by Marion Police with child endangerment and assault with the intent to cause sexual abuse. Law enforcement arrested Etzel close to noon on Sept. 17 at his residence on 18th Avenue. Police records show that no injuries were connected to the assault/sexual abuse charge. The relationship between Etzel and the victim, among other details of the case, are not yet known. Assault with the intent to cause sexual abuse that does not cause injury is an aggravated misdemeanor.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Shannon Cardinal, the 43-year-old Wisconsin teacher charged with having a sexual relationship with a Marion teen, will face no charges in the state of Iowa.
A Wisconsin woman accused of having a sexual relationship with a former student, who now lives in Marion, will not face charges in Iowa, police say. Shannon Cardinal, 43, is facing up to 186 years in prison for allegedly having sex with the boy, who is now 17. The alleged encounters mainly occurred at Cardinal's residence in Wisconsin, but at least one allegedly occurred in Marion. Despite this, Marion Police Chief Harry Daugherty said the Mayville (WI) High School teacher, who has been placed on administrative leave, will not be charged in Iowa. "We are not considering charging her, Ms. Cardinal, with anything," he said. Daugherty said they made the decision not to file charges because the teen is 17-years-old, which is over Iowa's age of…
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
More details have been released in the case of Shannon Cardinal, the 43-year-old high school teacher from Mayville, Wisconsin that allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old Marion boy.
Shannon Cardinal, the 43-year-old Mayville, WI, high school teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old Marion boy, filed for divorce on Feb. 29, according to court documents. This is after the alleged affair had begun. Cardinal's next door neighbor told The Daily Mail of the divorce and noted that Cardinal has three children. She expressed her concern for what this incident means for other high school students. "It's very appalling," said neighbor Tracy Borchard. "I'm concerned about the teens that are going to school and what's going on with the teachers and the trust for our children." Cardinal allegedly hid her relationship with the teen, which police say started when he was 16, by driving him to her home after …
Opinions vary about whether a 43-year-old Wisconsin teacher accused of having sexual relations with a 17-year-old Marion boy should face a 186 year penalty. What do you think?
When we reported about the 186 year prison sentence facing a 43-year-old teacher accused of a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old former student and current Marion boy, readers sounded off. The unnamed boy was 16 when the alleged relationship began. Many spoke of the sexual urges of teenage boys, the innapropriate nature of the relationship, whether the alleged relationship should be considered rape and whether a 186-year jail sentence facing Shannon Cardinal, of Wisconsin, is unfair. At the bottom in the comment section, tell us what you think. Here's what readers had to say: Patch user Patrick Rodgers: "Older women have sought out younger men since the start of time, just as many men prefer younger women. This is of course no excuse …
Friday, April 27, 2012
In an unfolding case out of Mayville, WI, 43-year-old teacher Shannon Cardinal faces multiple charges related to an alleged sexual relationship with a minor from Marion.
Wisconsin teacher Shannon Cardinal, 43, has been arrested on multiple charges today for an alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old Marion boy. She appeared in court for the first time today and was released on a $5,000 bond. If convicted, she faces up to 186 years in prison. The charges include six counts of sexual assault and six counts of child enticement. The Mayville, WI high school teacher began her alleged relationship with the boy when he was 16, according to a report from Fox 11 in Milwaukee. There is no evidence or information that any inappropriate contact took place on or near school grounds, according to the Fond du Lac Sheriff's Department. Cardinal has been on paid adminstrative leave since Monday. According to Marion…
According to the Fond du Lac Sheriff's Office, a 43-year-old teacher from Mayville High School in Wisconsin has been taken into custody and charges are being forwarded to the Fond du Lac District Attorney’s Office. Police also say an incident occurred in
A teacher from Mayville High School in Wisconsin has been taken into custody after being accused of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a former male high school student. Details are scarce, but a 43-year-old woman has been put on administrative leave by the Mayville high school. Officials are not releasing her name. The Fond du Lac Sheriff’s Office say they will be forwarding charges of sexual assault by a school staff member and also charges of child enticement to the Fond du Lac District Attorney’s Office. According to a news release from the Fond du Lac Sheriff's Office, one of the alleged incidents took place in Marion, although it appears most of the alleged contact took place at a residence in Fond du Lac County, WI. …
WIRSOL
8:49 am on Wednesday, May 2, 2012
You can be tried as an adult at the age of 17 but can't consent to sex? That makes no sense, if our lawmakers want to put an age on consent like that then it is NEVER appropriate to prosecute them as ADULTS. For legally they are NOT adults until they are 18, PERIOD. Until they change the law to NOT prosecute ANYone under the age of 18 as an adult they can not ethically say that they are unable to… more ›