Blaine Teacher Acquitted

By Ned Leebrick-Stryker

 An Anoka County jury acquitted a Blaine teacher after he was accused of molesting a child, the Star Tribune reported. 

 Kenneth Sonnenfeld Jr., 54, was charged with second-degree criminal sexual conduct last year after a student,10,  of Johnsville Elementary accused him of touching her inappropriately in class from 2014 to 2015. 

 Sonnenfeld pleaded not guilty to the single charge of second-degree criminal sexual conduct in May this year, KSTP said. 

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