ELLSWORTH, Wis. - A teacher from Lodi who was called an "icon" when he retired earlier this year is now charged with two counts of prostitution.
Seventy-two-year-old Gerald Hilliker is due in Columbia County Circuit Court October 27th for a pair of misdemeanors. Prosecutors said he solicited sex at a truck stop west of Portage on July 13th. They said he distributed a flyer with a list of sex acts he was apparently willing to perform.
In the spring, Hilliker retired after 48 years as a social studies teacher in Lodi. Middle school principal David Dyb called the veteran teacher an "icon," and he was honored at a school assembly.
