Nathan E Cox

Middle School Teacher Charged With Sexual Assault of 13-Year-Old Girl

A Barron County middle school teacher is charged with sexually assaulting a teenager.

Thirty-eight-year-old Nathan E. Cox faces one felony count of second-degree sexual assault of a child.

Prosecutors say the sexual contact happened in Barron County last summer.

And the Barron County Sheriff says his department is treating the case as a priority.

Parents with children in the Prairie Farm School District got letters letting them know a teacher was in trouble.

The district's administrator says Nathan E. Cox teaches math to students in grades five through nine.

He also coaches middle school track and wrestlers of all ages.