It’s very common nowadays for people to see in the news report of an Internet sex sting. What is that? Well there’s different kinds. Some involve police who are working undercover pretending to be minors and asking people if they want to get together for sexual purposes. They are trying hard to find people who might otherwise molest children. That’s one kind of Internet sex crime. Another kind of Internet sex crime involves the use, possession or distribution of unlawful images of children engaged in explicit sexual activity. That’s known as child pornography.
And a second category related to that is pictures that you’ve obtained without the permission of others in sexual situations which you then distribute or publish. Internet sex crimes attract a lot of media attention. They have attracted a lot of federal grand money and state investigative dollars because politicians get reelected upon promises to prosecute predators and pedophiles in our community. As a result, these kinds of crimes now carry incredibly severe mandatory prison sentence penalties in Wisconsin. So if you are in any way, shape or form talked to about, investigated for or charged with a sex crime related to the use of the Internet, you need to get ahold of a lawyer as soon as possible. It may be too late and it may not be, but you need to do it right away.