A longtime Mounds View High School teacher was charged Wednesday with criminal sexual conduct of a 16-year-old female student.

Ted Matthew Bennett, 58, of Minneapolis, has been a teacher at Mounds View High in Arden Hills for 27 years, according to the criminal complaint charging him with one count each of third- and fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct. Bennett was arrested Tuesday and remains jailed ahead of a first appearance on the charges scheduled for Thursday.

An attorney for Bennett is not listed in the court file.

Bennett was put on administrative leave Monday. In a Wednesday email to parents, principal Rob Reetz said, “We are deeply disturbed by this news, and our foremost concern is for all who may be affected by this distressing situation. We stand with all survivors of sex

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