Wentzel pleads guilty to child porn charges, sentenced to 40 years
MILWAUKEE -- Philip Wentzel, a former sergeant with the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Department, pleaded guilty in federal court to one new count of producing child pornography -- in addition to six other counts he had already pleaded to. He was then immediately sentenced to 40 years in prison.
According to court documents, from 2009 through approximately April 2011, Wentzel knowingly produced child pornography. Each of the seven counts involved a different minor female victim.
According to court records, Wentzel also used a peer-to-peer file sharing program to share images and videos of child pornography, which he and others had produced.
This case is the result of an investigation led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Milwaukee Cyber Crimes Task Force and the Milwaukee Police Department, High Technology Unit.
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