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Registered Sex Offender Charged with Receipt of Obscene, Child Sexual Abuse Material

For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin

Gregory J. Haanstad, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on November 8, 2023, a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging Anthony J. Michalek (age: 38) of Langlade County, Wisconsin, with receipt of a visual depiction of a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct that is obscene in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1466A, and commission of a felony sex offense by an individual required to register as a sexual offender, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2260A.  

According to the indictment, Michalek knowingly received obscene visual depictions of the sexual abuse of children. He faces a mandatory five years’ imprisonment and up to 20 years’ imprisonment if convicted of that conduct.  Additionally, Michalek faces a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years’ imprisonment, to be served consecutively, if convicted of committing a felony sex offense as an individual required to register as a sexual offender. 

This case was investigated by the Langlade County Sheriff’s Office.  It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel R. Humble.

An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt.  The defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove him guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.    

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006, by the U.S. Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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For Additional Information Contact:

Public Information Officer

Kenneth.Gales@usdoj.gov

414-297-1700

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Updated November 9, 2023