Former Winona County Bus Driver Pleads Guilty to Sex Abuse Charge

Winona, MN (KROC-AM News) - A former southeastern Minnesota school bus driver has admitted to a sexual assault charge.

Fifty-three-year-old Timothy Thomas Wilkemeyer of Rushford was charged last year after the Winona County Sheriff's Office learned of a sexual abuse allegation against him and interviewed a young woman who accused him of sexually abusing her in 2017, between her junior and senior year of high school.

Longtime Bus Driver

The criminal complaint states that the victim is disabled.

The court document says the victim told investigators that Wilkemeyer had been her bus driver since she was five years old. According to the complaint, she told law enforcement that she asked Wilkemeyer about sex and asked him to expose himself to her.

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Allegations Date Back to 2017

The court document alleges Wilkemeyer exposed himself to the victim and says the two engaged in sexual conduct multiple times during the winter and spring of 2017 outside the victim’s home and on the bus.

At one point, the victim stated that they discussed having sexual intercourse but decided against it, the complaint says.

Guilty Plea

Wilkemeyer was charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct. Under a plea agreement, he entered a guilty plea to an amended charge of fourth-degree criminal sexual conduct involving a person in a position of authority.

He is scheduled to be sentenced in May.

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