Stevens Point Man Sentenced to 5 Years for Distributing Child Pornography

MADISON, WIS. – Timothy M. O’Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Alexander Kucharski, 21, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson to 5 years in prison for distributing child pornography.  This term of imprisonment will be followed by 12 years of supervised release.

Kucharski was arrested after law enforcement determined that he was creating and administering numerous Kik chat-groups devoted to exchanging child pornography.  Whenever a chatroom would get shut down due to the nature of the content, he would open a new one.  Each of these rooms had 50 members before they were shut down.  Judge Peterson found that by administering these chat rooms, the defendant facilitated the continued victimization of numerous children.

The charge against Kucharski was the result of an investigation conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, Stevens Point Police Department, Portage County Sheriff’s Office, and Plover Police Department.   Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman prosecuted this case.