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MONROE - A Janesville man who allegedly sent sexually explicit images to a New Glarus teen using the smartphone app Snapchat pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Green County Circuit Court to all five felony charges he's facing.
Brian C. Schmoldt, 50, appeared in person with his attorney, Kim Roegner. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing. The only words Schmoldt spoke in court were "yes" and "no" responses to questions from Judge David Deininger.
Schmoldt is charged with 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, fined up to $20,000, or both.
The defendant requested that Judge James Beer be substituted from the case. Judge David Deininger, a former Green County circuit court judge, is filling in for Beer while Beer is on medical leave. Deininger said the district court administrator will assign a judge to hear the case in place of Beer.
Roegner also requested that Deininger amend two of Schmoldt's bond conditions. She asked that her client, who had until now been forbidden from using Internet-enabled electronics outside of work, be allowed to use the Web to contact her and prepare his case.
She also requested a change to the bond condition that Schmoldt have no contact with anyone under the age of 18, besides his children, without the child's parent present. Schmoldt and his wife are active in their church, she said, arguing that it would make logistics easier to require that Schmoldt's wife be present whenever he's around a child that isn't his, rather than a parent of that child.
Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Kohl, who is prosecuting the case, said both proposed changes were reasonable, and Deininger agreed to them.
According to the criminal complaint filed May 5, Schmoldt sent more than a dozen sexually explicit photos and videos of himself naked in late April and early May to the girl. An officer investigating the case noted in an accompanying report that Schmoldt's wedding ring is visible in some of the photos.
The teen's parent reported the alleged crimes and told police the girl "was gagging as she was showing me the pictures."
Schmoldt has a pre-trial conference July 7.
MONROE - A Janesville man who allegedly sent sexually explicit images to a New Glarus teen using the smartphone app Snapchat pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Green County Circuit Court to all five felony charges he's facing.
Brian C. Schmoldt, 50, appeared in person with his attorney, Kim Roegner. He waived his right to a preliminary hearing. The only words Schmoldt spoke in court were "yes" and "no" responses to questions from Judge David Deininger.
Schmoldt is charged with 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, fined up to $20,000, or both.
The defendant requested that Judge James Beer be substituted from the case. Judge David Deininger, a former Green County circuit court judge, is filling in for Beer while Beer is on medical leave. Deininger said the district court administrator will assign a judge to hear the case in place of Beer.
Roegner also requested that Deininger amend two of Schmoldt's bond conditions. She asked that her client, who had until now been forbidden from using Internet-enabled electronics outside of work, be allowed to use the Web to contact her and prepare his case.
She also requested a change to the bond condition that Schmoldt have no contact with anyone under the age of 18, besides his children, without the child's parent present. Schmoldt and his wife are active in their church, she said, arguing that it would make logistics easier to require that Schmoldt's wife be present whenever he's around a child that isn't his, rather than a parent of that child.
Assistant District Attorney Jeffrey Kohl, who is prosecuting the case, said both proposed changes were reasonable, and Deininger agreed to them.
According to the criminal complaint filed May 5, Schmoldt sent more than a dozen sexually explicit photos and videos of himself naked in late April and early May to the girl. An officer investigating the case noted in an accompanying report that Schmoldt's wedding ring is visible in some of the photos.
The teen's parent reported the alleged crimes and told police the girl "was gagging as she was showing me the pictures."
Schmoldt has a pre-trial conference July 7.