MONROE - A 50-year-old Janesville man arrested Sunday on charges of sending sexually explicit images to a New Glarus High School student made his initial appearance Tuesday in Green County Circuit Court.
Brian Carl Schmoldt faces four Class I felony counts of exposing a child to harmful material and a Class H felony count of causing a child older than 13 to view sexual activity. If convicted, he could be imprisoned up to nine years.
Schmoldt sent more than a dozen sexually explicit photos and videos of himself naked to a 16-year-old girl last week using the smartphone app Snapchat, according to police reports filed Tuesday with the criminal complaint.
According to police, Schmoldt asked the girl earlier via Facebook if she wanted to "see him in his birthday suit."
She said no.
"She didn't think much more of it because she thought he was trying to be funny," an investigating officer wrote.
Schmoldt then allegedly sent the girl a series of Snapchat photos and videos with messages such as "Ready for more?" and "You like?" and "Better? And do I get one?" An officer viewing the images noted that Schmoldt's wedding ring is visible.
The girl's stepmother called police Saturday to report the alleged crimes. She told police the girl "was gagging as she was showing me the pictures."
Janesville police arrested Schmoldt Sunday. He remains jailed and appeared in court via video conference. He sniffled throughout the hearing and appeared to be crying. He has no prior criminal record, according to police.
Schmoldt's signature bond is set at $25,000, with the conditions that he have no contact with the 16-year-old victim or her parents' addresses in Albany and Belleville.
Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Kohl proposed that Schmoldt also be allowed no contact with anyone under the age of 18 and no access to Internet-enabled electronics.
Kim Roegner, the Janesville attorney representing Schmoldt, successfully persuaded the judge to modify the language to "no unsupervised contact" with children.
Roegner explained that Schmoldt and his wife "are active in their church community" and a strict no-contact rule would hinder their involvement in church activities.
She also successfully modified Kohl's no-Internet request so that Schmoldt would be allowed to access the Internet while at his mechanical engineering job. Schmoldt's LinkedIn page indicates he is a senior mechanical engineer at Schenck AccuRate in Whitewater.
A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for May 26 before Judge James Beer.
Brian Carl Schmoldt faces four Class I felony counts of exposing a child to harmful material and a Class H felony count of causing a child older than 13 to view sexual activity. If convicted, he could be imprisoned up to nine years.
Schmoldt sent more than a dozen sexually explicit photos and videos of himself naked to a 16-year-old girl last week using the smartphone app Snapchat, according to police reports filed Tuesday with the criminal complaint.
According to police, Schmoldt asked the girl earlier via Facebook if she wanted to "see him in his birthday suit."
She said no.
"She didn't think much more of it because she thought he was trying to be funny," an investigating officer wrote.
Schmoldt then allegedly sent the girl a series of Snapchat photos and videos with messages such as "Ready for more?" and "You like?" and "Better? And do I get one?" An officer viewing the images noted that Schmoldt's wedding ring is visible.
The girl's stepmother called police Saturday to report the alleged crimes. She told police the girl "was gagging as she was showing me the pictures."
Janesville police arrested Schmoldt Sunday. He remains jailed and appeared in court via video conference. He sniffled throughout the hearing and appeared to be crying. He has no prior criminal record, according to police.
Schmoldt's signature bond is set at $25,000, with the conditions that he have no contact with the 16-year-old victim or her parents' addresses in Albany and Belleville.
Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Kohl proposed that Schmoldt also be allowed no contact with anyone under the age of 18 and no access to Internet-enabled electronics.
Kim Roegner, the Janesville attorney representing Schmoldt, successfully persuaded the judge to modify the language to "no unsupervised contact" with children.
Roegner explained that Schmoldt and his wife "are active in their church community" and a strict no-contact rule would hinder their involvement in church activities.
She also successfully modified Kohl's no-Internet request so that Schmoldt would be allowed to access the Internet while at his mechanical engineering job. Schmoldt's LinkedIn page indicates he is a senior mechanical engineer at Schenck AccuRate in Whitewater.
A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for May 26 before Judge James Beer.