Ex-School Worker Gets Probation for Making Sexually Explicit Comments to Girls

A former food service worker at a Caledonia elementary school accused of touching two girls inappropriately and making sexually explicit comments was sentenced Friday to 18 months of probation as part of a plea agreement.

Leroy A. Williams, 25, of Racine, initially was charged in September 2012 with two counts of exposing a child to harmful descriptions, eight counts of bail jumping, one count of felony intimidation of a victim and one count of disorderly conduct. He faced up to 23 years in prison, if convicted on all charges.

He was charged after two 12-year-old girls enrolled at TLC Childcare, which leases space at Gifford Elementary School, said Williams had approached them and began talking about sex. The girls said Williams, who worked at a food service company contracted by the school district, was pushing them on swings outside and touching the buttocks while pushing them when he began talking about sex, according to the criminal complaint.

The Racine Journal Times reported that Williams pleaded no contest to reduced charges Friday in Racine County Circuit Court: two counts of disorderly conduct and one count of bail jumping, all misdemeanors. Nine other charges were dismissed, the newspaper reported.