SHAWANO — A former Gresham teacher was convicted this week in two separate cases involving sexual assault of a student and possessing child pornography.

Timothy J. Schmidt, 70, will be sentenced in February on charges of sexual assault of a student by school staff, child enticement, and 62 counts of possessing child pornography. An additional 56 counts of possessing child pornography were dismissed but will be considered at sentencing.

Schmidt was a choir teacher in the Gresham Community School District before he resigned under pressure in April 2017.

According to the Shawano Leader, investigators with the Stockbridge-Munsee Police Department met last year with a parent of a Gresham Community School student reporting suspicious activity between Schmidt and her 16-year-old daughter.

The allegations detail suspected activity tracing back to October 2016.

The investigation revealed emails between Schmidt and the student that included discussion of sexual contact, according to the Shawano Leader Report, as well as alleged exchanges of nude photos.

The girl also told police about alleged sexual encounters with Schmidt and gifts he had allegedly given her, some of which were sexual in nature, according to court filings.

Police say Schmidt was warned by school officials about inappropriate behavior including giving the girl a ride home and having lunch with her in his office with the door locked.

Months later, a Shawano County Sheriff’s Department forensic examination of Schmidt’s computer turned up more than 1,000 images of suspected child pornography including sexually explicit images children as young as 3 years old, according to the criminal complaint. That discovery led to 91 new counts of possessing child pornography.

Schmidt has  been held on a $100,000 cash bond since his arrest in April 2017 and will remain jailed until he is sentenced February 7.