Sexual assault by students; New school staff hires in Kenosha County

KENOSHA COUNTY, Wis. – Already a former elementary school employee in Kenosha County accused of sexually assaulting a childis charged with four new crimes in the case, the office of the district attorney announced on Friday.

According to the sheriff’s office, 33-year-old Anna Marie Crocker worked at Riverview Elementary in Silver Lake. She started as a substitute teacher in 2020 and became a full-time teaching assistant the following year, according to the school district’s website. The Silver Lake-Salem Joint 1 School District board held a special meeting Oct. 14 to announce her termination.

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New case details

Twin Lakes police spoke with a 13-year-old boy and his parents on Oct. 10 – the day Crocker was formally charged. According to an amended criminal complaint, the victim said he told a school staff member that Crocker had sent him inappropriate messages, including multiple videos of herself performing a sex act.

The victim said he initially thought it was a “workout video” when he opened it, but did not respond, according to the complaint, saying he was “too young for that.” The victim also said he became scared because he heard Crocker “raping” another youth.

A search of Crocker’s cellphone turned up several videos of what appeared to be those the victim described, according to prosecutors. It also showed that Crocker added the victim on Snapchat in September and that they exchanged more than 200 messages, photos and videos within days.

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Court records show that a search of Crocker’s Snapchat data also found a conversation between her and a 16-year-old boy, whom she added to the platform on October 9 – a day before she was to be taken into custody.

Reports indicated she asked the victim if he wanted to have sex with her. She tried to make plans for the boy to come to her house on October 11 to have sex; she would ultimately be taken into custody on that date. The victim told investigators that they had talked about sex, but never “went through with it.” He also said she sent him photos “in which sex was ‘inferred’.”

Details of previous cases

According to the sheriff’s department, the alleged crimes involved a current student and a former student of the school.

Prosecutors said the alleged assault happened last winter. The 13-year-old victim said he was at Crocker’s home for a sleepover and was sleeping in the basement when Crocker woke him up, took off his pants and sexually assaulted him. He said Crocker tried to hide, but the other children “saw what happened.”

The victim said what happened was not consensual, according to the complaint, and he repeatedly told her to get off and tried to push her away — but she wouldn’t listen. He was 12 years old at the time.

Months later, the complaint states that the victim said he received a text from Crocker telling him to apologize to her “for what happened in the basement.” He described it as her “trying to make him feel guilty.” She told him he couldn’t tell anyone what happened, he said.

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Prosecutors said a 14-year-old boy also reported that Crocker “had been inappropriate toward him” and that the two exchanged “sexual chats and photos” via Snapchat. He also said Crocker sexually assaulted him in a parking lot in August.

In an interview with a detective, the complaint states that Crocker admitted to receiving and keeping a sexual video of the 14-year-old victim. She also admitted to sending the video to a student at the victim’s school. The detective seized and searched the phone, with the video located in a password-protected area of ​​the phone.

In court

In total, Crocker was initially charged with:

• First-degree sexual abuse of children (under 13 years old)

• Possession of child pornography

• Sexual exploitation of a child (filming)

The new charges against her include:

Court records show she is being held in the Kenosha County Jail on a $500,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for November 22.