A 39-year-old Racine man faces $1.5 million in fines and 375 years in prison after he was charged Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court with 15 felony counts of possession of child pornography. Each charge filed against Jason M. Morrison carries a fine of $100,000 and 25 years in prison. The investigator stated in the complaint […]
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DA: Gym owner filmed girls, now charged with possession of child pornography
WIND LAKE – The owner of a gymnastics center in Wind Lake has been charged with possession of child pornography after he set up a video camera in the bathroom. James Kivisto, 49, of Wind Lake, was charged with 10 counts of possession of child pornography by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday. […]
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Man charged with soliciting sex from underage girls in sting
A man traveled several hundred miles to have sex with two underage girls but was met with investigators with the Racine County Sheriff’s Department in a child porn sex sting. Richard Barney, 56, of Cedar Lake, Indiana, was charged Thursday by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office with using a computer to facilitate a child sex […]
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Tip Leads to Felony Child Porn Charges Against Mount Pleasant Man
A 36-year-old Racine man is facing the rest of his life behind bars after Mount Pleasant police received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children about the man’s child porn habit. Craig Buljubasic was charged Friday by the Racine County District Attorney‘s office with 10 felony counts of possession of […]
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Sturtevant Man Charged With Possessing Child Pornography
A Sturtevant man is accused of possessing child pornography after investigators found that he had started putting them on a website. Steven C. Christenson, 48, of Sturtevant, was charged by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office with 10 counts of possession of child pornography. If convicted on all charges, Christenson faces up to life in prison […]
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$40,000 Cash Bond for Man Facing Child Porn Charges
Investigators with the Racine County Sheriff’s Department say a 37-year-old Racine man was downloading child pornography videos and images. Elmer Golon was charged Wednesday in Racine County Circuit Court with three felony counts of possession of child pornography and one misdemeanor count of marijuana possession. If convicted, he faces up to 75-1/2 years in prison […]
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Racine Man Charged with 10 Counts of Child Porn
Racine police say a 58-year-old man is facing the rest of his life in prison after they found numerous images of child pornography in his home after they received a tip that photos were sent from his computer to the United Kingdom. Daniel Wortman, of Racine, was charged Thursday in Racine County Circuit Court with […]
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$10,000 Cash Bond For Child Porn Defendant
The Racine man arrested Tuesday for alleged Internet crimes against children was formally charged Wednesday with a single felony county of possession of child pornography. Jacob Bierer, 35, could face up to 25 years in prison and/or up to $100,000 in fines after investigators with the Racine County Sheriff’s Department say they found at least […]
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$25,000 Bond for Child Porn Defendant
**Updated 8:15 p.m. Feb. 25 The Racine County Sheriff’s Department took a 44-year-old Racine man into custody Monday for possession of child pornography. Kent Sargent was charged Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court with six felony counts of possession of child pornography. If convicted, he faces up to 150 years in jail and/or up to […]
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$75,000 Cash Bond Assigned Child Porn Defendant
A 26-year-old Racine man who police say admitted to sexually assaulting a young boy and was in possession of child pornography remains in the Racine County Jail on a $75,000 cash bond. Samuel Hawkins, of the 1600 block of West Lawn, was charged Friday in Racine County Circuit Court with the following: Single felony […]