Evergreen, COLORADO

SENTENCED TO FIFTEEN YEARS TO LIFE.

ARRESTED May 24, 2007 -
William Eisenman, 32, a music teacher at Evergreen High School and Evergreen Middle School, was arrested for sexual assault on a child by one in a position of trust and sexual assault on a child, pattern of abuse.

Investigators became aware of two separate allegations against Eisenman involving female students at the high school. Eisenman is being held on a no bond hold.
Full Name: William Robert Eisenman

Sheriff's Office News Release here
(Photo courtesy of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.)

Investigators believe that additional victims may exist and are urging anyone with additional information to contact the tip line at 303-271-5612.

CHARGES FILED May 31 - Thirteen felony charges were filed, including one count of sexual assault on a child by someone in a position of trust, and 12 counts of sexual assault on a child by a person in a position of trust in a pattern of conduct. Eisenman posted a $35,000 bond and is on administrative leave.

GUILTY VERDICT June 24 -(Article by Pam Russell, the public information officer for District Attorney Scott Storey, found at YourHub.com) Jurors found Eisenman guilty of one count of sexual assault of a child by one in a position of trust in a pattern of conduct, a class three felony. He was also found guilty of providing alcohol to a minor, a class four felony. The jury acquitted him of unlawful sexual contact involving another female student who had turned 18.

In March, 2007 he registered at a hotel room in the Denver area and drove the girl there so that she could model the clothing for him. Eisenman sexually assaulted the teen for the first time at the hotel.

Over the next two months he continued to sexually assault the teen at the school, in his car, in hotels and at his home. During a jazz festival in Greeley, Eisenman invited a friend of his to the hotel to have a "threesome."

AND,

Prosecutors showed the jurors how Eisenman had groomed the teen starting with being a good listener and friend. But as their relationship grew he told her that he had a heart condition that was incurable and that he would die within two to three years.

Eisenman told the girl that he was glad he could talk to her because he couldn't tell his wife about his heart because it would upset her. He also asked the teen to take care of his wife when he died.

UNIQUE SEXUAL ASSAULT STATUTES

Eisenman will be sentenced on Aug. 19 at 1 p.m. and faces a mandatory prison sentence. This will be an indeterminant prison sentence unique to our sexual assault statutes.

The judge will decide what the low end of sentence will be, in the range of from eight to 24 years. The prison sentence then will be up to life. If Eisenman were to be paroled, he would be on lifetime parole supervision.

Compare the above with the Rocky Mountain News coverage: Band teacher guilty in sex case (June 24, 2008) Or the Associated Press take.

Eisenman will be sentenced August 19.

SENTENCED August 19 - Eisenman was sentenced to 15 years to life.

[Jefferson County District Judge Tamara] Russell the incidents are "truly a parent's worst nightmare. We send our children to school to be safe, to respect their teachers," but Eisenman "took the love and respect of his students and used it for his own purposes and made it something ugly."

Russell also praised the two victims for coming forward, calling them heroes.

TT - For an explanation of the length of the sentence, see June 24 and the article by Pam Russell, the public information officer for District Attorney Scott Storey.