On Monday in Appleton, police set up monitoring of sex offenders during trick-or-treating time. Handing out candy or interacting with children on Halloween is prohibited by the Corrections Dept for offenders who are on parole, probation, or extended supervision for a sex crime.

Random checks were administered on registered offenders according to Jason Weber of the Menasha Police Department.  Appleton police performed the checks specifically when children were trick-or-treating.

Some are unsure that the checks will actually make the communities safer because most offenders have relationships already established with the child.

If you have been charged with a sex crime, it is important to have experienced representation on your side to help through this difficult time.  Contact Appleton criminal defense attorneys of Kohler, Hart & Priebe at 414-271-9595. 

A man from Appleton is currently being held on charges of sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl.

The 24-year-old man allegedly met the girl over the Internet, where the two began a relationship. He drove to her house in Chicago last Wednesday morning to meet her and take her back to his apartment in Appleton. The girl's mother reported her missing, and police found that the girl was at the man's apartment through phone calls and text messages.

Police officials have reported that there is evidence of sexual assault of the girl. The man is being charged with first-degree sexual assault and is being held on a bond of $100,000.

If you or someone you love has been charged with sexually assaulting someone, please contact the Appleton sexual assault defense lawyers of Kohler, Hart, & Priebe, LLP, at 414-271-9595.

An Amish man recently plead no contest to several sex crimes he committed in Missouri and Wisconsin over at least a five year period. The man has already been sentenced to fourteen years in a Missouri prison for the crimes that occured there. He is still awaiting trial in Wisconsin and is being held in a Wisconsin jail without bail.

The twenty-six year-old man, who was adopted as a baby into the Amish community, admitted to statutory rape, sodomy, and sexual activity involving a child. When he is sentenced in Wisconsin, he will serve the time consecutively with the Missouri sentencing. In exchange for pleading no contest, the man's fourteen year sentence was reduced from a thirty-two year sentence after the victims' families were consulted.

If you or someone you love has been charged with the serious crime of sexual assault, please contact the Appleton sexual assault defense attorneys of Kohler, Hart & Priebe, LLP at 414-271-9595.

According to authorities, a Waupaca man currently awaiting a December trial for charges of sexual assault has been charged in connection with another incident.

The 38-year-old man was being held in connection wiht a 2007 sexual assault charge and was charged on Monday in Waupaca County Court with counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child and felony bail jumping.

A 14-year-old girl says that the man touched her inappropriately last week. One of the conditions of his bond was that he could not have contact with anyone younger than 18.

If you have been accused of a sex crime, please contact the Appleton sexual assault defense attorneys of Kohler, Hart & Priebe by calling 414-271-9595.

The former Sturgeon Bay math teacher accused of having sexual contact with a 17-year-old student was found not guilty this Friday by a Door County jury.

The nine women and three men who made up the panel deliberated for about three and a half hours following three days of testimony.

The teacher was suspended Feb. 2 from his job as a high school math teacher after an internal school investigation into an abnormal number of text messages between him and the 17-year-old girl. Police arrested him on Feb. 16.

If you have been accused of a sex crime, please contact the Appleton sexual assault defense attorneys of Kohler, Hart & Priebe by calling 414-271-9595.

Police arrested a man for burglary and attempted sexual assault in Appleton earlier this month.

According to officials with the Appleton Police Department, 42 year-old Marcellus Wayne Harris, of Appleton, was arrested October 4 on charges of burglary, attempted sexual assault, battery, damage to property, and false imprisonment. Police say harris Harris entered a home in the 1000 block of North Morrison Street in Appleton and assaulted an 80 year-old woman.

Detectives say the victim reported that shortly before 3:30 a.m. on September 28 she heard noises by a back window of her home. The woman approached the window and saw a man's face, police say. The suspect then cut the screen and climbed into the home as the woman went for the phone, according to the police report.

The suspect attempted to sexually assault the woman before he fled the scene, police say.

Harris is being held in the Outagamie County Jail in Appleton.

If you need help in the realm of sex crime law, please contact the Appleton sexual assault defense attorneys of Kohler, Hart & Priebe by calling 414-271-9595.