RACINE – Thomas James Collier, 37, of Racine, has been charged by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office with 17 counts of possession of child pornography and one count of possession of drug paraphrenia. His arrest last week followed a lengthy investigation by the Racine County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force. According […]
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Police: Kenosha Man Snared in Child Sex Sting
Racine County Sheriff’s Deputies say a 33-year-old Kenosha resident is facing multiple felony charges because he arranged a meeting to have sex with a 15-year-old girl. Investigators set up an undercover sting posing as a teen girl in online chat rooms. The man set up what he thought was going to be a date during […]
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$75,000 Cash Bond for Man Charged in Child Sex Sting
Racine County Sheriff’s deputies say a 41-year-old Illinois man is behind bars with a $75,000 cash bond after he tried to arrange sex with deputies posing as a mother and her two underage girls. Ross Adee, of Malta, IL, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count each of conspiracy to […]
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Sturtevant Officer Explains Need for K9, Talks Training & Goals
Sturtevant police Officer Kim Gall understands why there’s some doubt in the community about why the small department needs a K9 but says in a village the size of Sturtevant, having a K9 officer team makes all the sense in the world. “Sturtevant is small, but a lot of people come through here between the […]
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Waushara Man Facing Child Sex Assault Charges
**Updated 2:30 p.m. Investigators from the Racine County Sheriff’s Department say a 36-year-old Waushara man visited Racine County to have sex with a 15-year-old boy and now faces child sex assault charges. Joseph Blader was charged Friday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count each of using a computer to facilitate a child sex […]
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Mount Pleasant Man Held on Internet Child Sex Charges
Deputies with the Racine County Sheriff’s Department Internet Crimes Against Children have arrested a 40-year-old Mount Pleasant man after serving a search warrant on the man’s home. According to a press release from RCSD, investigators with CAC have an on-going investigation allegedly involving the man and “potential threats or crimes committed against children utilizing the […]
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Man Arrested for Alleged Child Internet Crimes
A 35-year-old Racine man is in custody after deputies from the Racine County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes against Children (ICAC) Unit say they discovered his potential involvement in online crimes against children. Deputies say during the course of an investigation, they discovered the man’s alleged involvement and Tuesday executed a search warrant at his home in the […]
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$30,000 Bond for Man Facing Child Enticement
The Racine County Sheriff’s Department says a 50-year-old Williams Bay man is facing child sex charges after he arranged to meet a 15-year-old boy who turned out to be a RCSD deputy. Ronald Niehus was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with a felony charge each of child enticement, using a computer to facilitate […]
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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 […]