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School choir director pleads guilty to 5 sexual assault charges
A former high school choir director in La Crosse pleads guilty to five charges of sexually assaulting a child.
Dustin Bagstad had faced 19 criminal counts of assaulting two underage girls over several years.
Fourteen of those charges are being dismissed as part of a negotiated plea.
The 34-year-old Bagstad admitted to the charges of sexually assaulting one 15-year-old girl repeatedly over several months.
Bagstad had been a co-director of show choirs in the La Crosse School District.
He could receive up to 125 years in prison when he’s sentenced on April 8th.