The Racine County District Attorney's Office has charged Racine Mayor Gary Becker with six felonies, including second degree sexual assault of a child, child enticement, and possession of child pornography. He also faces charges of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, exposing a child to harmful material, and misconduct in public office.
If convicted on all charges, he faces as many as 83 years in prison.
According to a criminal complaint, computer technician contacted authorities after finding "approximately six pornographic images depicting nude females [who] appeared young, possibly under the age of 18 years" on Becker's personal computer.
State Department of Criminal Investigation agents seized that and another of Becker's personal computers, on which they found "over 1,800 online chats," many of which "included sexually explicit comments, incolving adults and...juveniles.... The chats with juvenile females were for the purpose of sexual activity." - WTMJ Story
If history is any indicator, this is one of those things where in the end he will get a few years and a slap on the wrist. I hope not, but it seems that it always looks so bad in the beginning, then in the end it is diminished by the courts.
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