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Feb 6th, 2009, 05:52 PM
"DA seeks to avoid victim testimony in cyber sex case
By Jacqui Seibel (jseibel@journalsentinel.com) of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Feb. 6, 2009 12:18 p.m.
The Waukesha County district attorney said today he is trying to avoid having victims testify in the Internet blackmail case alleged against former New Berlin Eisenhower student Anthony Stancl.
"For child victims of sexual abuse, we have to find a way so they don't have to relive this in the courtroom," District Attorney Brad Schimel said.
Stancl is accused of posing as a female on the social networking site Facebook and persuading at least 31 boys to send naked pictures of themselves. Then Stancl blackmailed some of the boys into performing sex acts under the threat that the pictures would be released to the rest of the high school, according a criminal complaint.
Authorities believe there are more victims but no new victims have come forward to say they were victimized by Stancl, both Schimel and New Berlin police said today. All 31 boys attend New Berlin Eisenhower Middle/High School, Schimel has said.
Schimel said he is drafting today a letter to send to the parents of the victims that will help them understand the process, but he wants them to know that it is in the forefront of his mind to keep the victims off the stand in court.
He believes there is enough evidence on Stancl's computer that most of the 31 victims, ages 13 to 19, would never have to see a courtroom. About 300 photos and movie clips of the boys were found on Stancl's computer, the complaint says.
Stancl, 18, is being held in the Waukesha County Jail on $250,000 bail.
The sexual assaults occurred in 2008 in a bathroom at the high school, the school parking lot, a New Berlin Public Library restroom, various parks and at some of the victims' homes.
At least seven boys, 15 to 17, were forced into performing sex acts, according to the complaint.
Police learned of Stancl's alleged activities after he was accused in a bomb threat that closed the high school and one victim came forward to police.
Stancl is charged with a bomb threat plus repeated sexual assault of same child (at least three violations of first- or second-degree sexual assault), possession of child pornography, second- and third-degree sexual assaults, and five counts of child enticement.
If convicted, Stancl faces a maximum penalty of nearly 300 years in prison.
A preliminary hearing for Stancl has been scheduled for Feb. 26."
31 guys and nobody kicked this guy's ass? What kind of kids are being raised these days? They did so, so pictures wouldn't be released. These "victims" have the decision making ability of gerbils.
By Jacqui Seibel (jseibel@journalsentinel.com) of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Feb. 6, 2009 12:18 p.m.
The Waukesha County district attorney said today he is trying to avoid having victims testify in the Internet blackmail case alleged against former New Berlin Eisenhower student Anthony Stancl.
"For child victims of sexual abuse, we have to find a way so they don't have to relive this in the courtroom," District Attorney Brad Schimel said.
Stancl is accused of posing as a female on the social networking site Facebook and persuading at least 31 boys to send naked pictures of themselves. Then Stancl blackmailed some of the boys into performing sex acts under the threat that the pictures would be released to the rest of the high school, according a criminal complaint.
Authorities believe there are more victims but no new victims have come forward to say they were victimized by Stancl, both Schimel and New Berlin police said today. All 31 boys attend New Berlin Eisenhower Middle/High School, Schimel has said.
Schimel said he is drafting today a letter to send to the parents of the victims that will help them understand the process, but he wants them to know that it is in the forefront of his mind to keep the victims off the stand in court.
He believes there is enough evidence on Stancl's computer that most of the 31 victims, ages 13 to 19, would never have to see a courtroom. About 300 photos and movie clips of the boys were found on Stancl's computer, the complaint says.
Stancl, 18, is being held in the Waukesha County Jail on $250,000 bail.
The sexual assaults occurred in 2008 in a bathroom at the high school, the school parking lot, a New Berlin Public Library restroom, various parks and at some of the victims' homes.
At least seven boys, 15 to 17, were forced into performing sex acts, according to the complaint.
Police learned of Stancl's alleged activities after he was accused in a bomb threat that closed the high school and one victim came forward to police.
Stancl is charged with a bomb threat plus repeated sexual assault of same child (at least three violations of first- or second-degree sexual assault), possession of child pornography, second- and third-degree sexual assaults, and five counts of child enticement.
If convicted, Stancl faces a maximum penalty of nearly 300 years in prison.
A preliminary hearing for Stancl has been scheduled for Feb. 26."
31 guys and nobody kicked this guy's ass? What kind of kids are being raised these days? They did so, so pictures wouldn't be released. These "victims" have the decision making ability of gerbils.