A judge on Friday sentenced a North Fond du Lac man accused of setting multiple fires and storing child pornography on his phone to 25 years in prison.
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Ex-Wisconsin teacher gets 12 years for secret videotapes
A former Wisconsin high school teacher accused of secretly videotaping undressed students during field trips was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison after reaching a plea deal with federal prosecutors.
Read More »Ex-juvenile court judge pleads guilty to child-porn charges
A former juvenile court judge in Wisconsin pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to two counts of distributing child pornography.
Read More »Wisconsin judge jailed after appearing on child porn charges
A Wisconsin juvenile court judge accused of possessing and distributing child pornography was taken into federal custody after making his initial appearance in court Wednesday.
Read More »Former teacher pleads guilty to making child pornography
A former teacher in central Wisconsin has pleaded guilty in federal court to producing child pornography.
Read More »Supreme Court temporarily prohibits Blomme from serving as judge
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has temporarily barred Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Brett Blomme from serving as a judge.
Read More »‘Filled with shame’: Court hears from former construction exec guilty of child porn charges
The former Milwaukee construction executive Brian Ganos told a judge he was "filled with shame" at his sentencing hearing for two federal child-pornography charges.
Read More »Wisconsin teacher charged in Minnesota hidden-camera case
A Wisconsin high school teacher is faced with federal child pornography charges was charged on Wednesday in Minnesota with trying to secretly record students in their Minneapolis hotel rooms on a business-club trip.
Read More »Madison teacher charged for attempting to create child porn
A Madison high school teacher has been charged with seven counts of attempting to make child pornography.
Read More »Construction company owner indicted for child porn
The owner of Sonag Construction, Brian Ganos, is faced with three federal child pornography charges.
Read More »Tougher child-porn penalties sought in Minn.
Minnesota’s county attorneys think a newly defined aggravating crime factor, child pornography with kids under age 13, should be treated more severely than the state’s Sentencing Guidelines Commission is contemplating.
Read More »Fired deputy faces up to 40 years for child porn
A former sheriff's deputy in Texas faces up to 40 years in federal prison after pleading guilty in a child-pornography investigation with ties to Wisconsin.
Read More »Vinehout wrote letter defending child porn defendant
Democratic candidate for governor Kathleen Vinehout is defending a character reference letter she wrote for a legislative attorney found guilty of possessing child pornography.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Court finds tip from social media is same as from citizen informant
Is a tip to law enforcement from Tumblr.com equivalent to a tip from an anonymous police informant or a tip from an identified citizen informant?
Read More »Internet providers’ porn tips good enough for warrants
An appeals court says internet service providers' child pornography tips are reliable enough to justify search warrants.
Read More »State lawmakers want to crack down on child porn requests
Two Republican lawmakers in Wisconsin say it's not against state law to solicit sexually explicit photographs of children but clearly should be.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: No restitution for mother of child-porn victim
In a case that lies at the intersection of child-pornography law and restitution law, the Court of Appeals concluded that the mother of a victim of child pornography could not obtain restitution from an offender.
Read More »Court says mom can’t get restitution in child porn case
A mother doesn't deserve restitution from a man convicted of viewing pornographic photos of her young daughter because she didn't lose income as a result of his actions, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday.
Read More »How a spy probe wound up as a child pornography prosecution
FBI agents investigating a potential data leak at Boeing obtained a secret warrant to search the home computers of a company manager in California for evidence they hoped would connect him to Chinese economic espionage.
Read More »Appleton man indicted for distributing child pornography
A federal grand jury has indicted an Appleton man for possessing and distributing child pornography.
Read More »BENCH BLOG: Child porn case pushes new justice’s work into limelight
On the same day that Rebecca Bradley was appointed to the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals released her first appellate opinion that has been recommended for publication.
Read More »Madison man gets 8 years in prison for child porn charge
A Madison man accused of trading child pornography with others will spend eight years in federal prison.
Read More »Man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
A Wisconsin man faces up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty in federal court in Maine to transporting child pornography.
Read More »Milwaukee man sentenced to 19 years on child porn, drug charges
A Milwaukee man who police consider a person of interest in the disappearance of his girlfriend was sentenced Friday to 19 years in prison for child pornography and keeping a drug house.
Read More »Green Bay man indicted in sexual exploitation of minors
A federal grand jury has returned an indictment against a Green Bay man accusing him of coercing girls to appear in his pornographic videos.
Read More »Businessman sentenced to 45 years for sex crimes
A businessman from western Wisconsin has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after pleading no contest to sexually abusing children.
Read More »Woman gets 7 years in Milwaukee child porn case
A 25-year-old woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison for possessing child pornography that she made of herself engaging in sexual conduct with her toddler son.
Read More »Plea deal reached in videotaped child assault case
A Bangor man is facing at least six years in prison following his conviction for sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl and videotaping the attack.
Read More »Man ordered to pay back victim in child porn case
A judge says a Wisconsin man convicted in a child pornography case in North Dakota must pay $3,250 to one of the victims.
Read More »Justice Department delayed porn probes statewide, records show
Newly released records show the state Department of Justice suspended an employee for failing to forward tips about child pornography to supervisors.
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