MONROE — A Monroe man may soon enter a plea on a sexual assault charge in Green County Circuit Court related to an incident outside an Albany bar last Summer.

The man, Derek James Larosh, stands accused of 4th degree sexual assault. He was also arrested for felony bail jumping. Green County State’s Attorney Craig Nolen declined to comment on the case but Larosh is scheduled for a plea/sentencing hearing at 8:30 a.m. January 18 before Circuit Judge Thomas Vale. 

That earlier case was pending when Monroe Police officers responded to the 1400 block of 17th Street at about 9:35 p.m. last November 29  to investigate a report of a disturbance. That’s where they found Derek J. Larosh, 35, who was subsequently arrested for felony bail jumping and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. He also was taken into custody on a probation hold through the state Dept. of Corrections.

The bail jumping charge stemmed from Larosh’s drinking alcohol. He was reportedly required to maintain complete sobriety as a condition of his parole on another charge in Washington County. In that case, he was charged with a felony, possession of methamphetamine, and released on bond.

In the pending Green County sexual assault case, a reportedly shirtless and shoeless Larosh allegedly grabbed and attempted to kiss a young victim who was waiting for her ride outside an Albany bar on July 7, 2022. After he tried to kiss her, the victim, “advised Derek stood up and began walking towards her, (she) continued to back up and (she) tripped over the curb, falling into the grass.”

Police later located and took Larosh into custody on the sexual assault charge, felony bail jumping and a charge of being a repeat offender, which in Wisconsin increases the potential penalty for multiple convictions.

After a three-day trial in 2017, Larosh, then 29, and living at that time in Rock Springs, was found not guilty on two Class C felony counts of second-degree sexual assault of an unconscious victim; and through the use of force; and four misdemeanor counts of bail jumping.

In that case, prosecutors alleged Larosh invited an intoxicated woman into his home in August 2014 before sexually assaulting her once she fell unconscious. Since that trial, he has been arrested for bail jumping (2015, 2017), drug possession (2016), hit-and-run (2019), OWI 3rd-offense, and possession of methamphetamine (2021).