BRODHEAD — A 35-year-old Brodhead man with previous felony convictions in the state has been charged with multiple sex offenses after he allegedly fondled a teenage girl at a local outdoor swimming spot.

The defendant also has been charged in the past with failing to maintain his status on the state’s sex offender registry.

David. A. Scofield Jr. is charged with exposing intimate parts to a child, a Class I Felony, attempted 3rd degree sexual assault, a Class G Felony, and misdemeanor 4th degree sexual assault. The victim was a 17-year-old girl. 

According to the criminal complaint, the incident happened on a hot day July 30 in the Town of Decatur, at Headgates Park on the Sugar River. There, he allegedly engaged in horseplay with the girl in the water and fondled her breasts and tried to put his hand inside her suit but was unsuccessful. He also allegedly kissed her repeatedly even though she did not return his affection.

“She swam away to a dock, where he kissed her again,” the complaint said. 

At one point, the complaint says, she tried to swim away from Scofield and to be closer to her friends who were there with her.

“She was going to go to the rocks to climb out and back up on the dam,” the complaint said. “Dave was already by the dock and told her to come there.”

The defendant is no stranger to the legal system in this part of the state.

In January of 2021 he was convicted of Child Abuse in Rock County. And in December of 2018, he was convicted of Failing to Maintain Sex Offender Registry in Green County. 

In October of 2013, he was convicted of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Child, Contributing to Truancy, & Resisting or Obstructing an Officer in Green County. In September of 2010, he was convicted of Delivering Illegal Articles to an Inmate in Green County. 

And in December of 2007, when he was roughly 18 years of age, he was charged with and convicted of two counts of Exposing Genitals to a Child, Causing a Child 13 to 18 to View Sexual Activity & Felony Bail jumping in Green County.

He also got his third OWI charge in Green County in 2023, records indicate. 

If convicted of the exposure to a child charge, he could face a maximum sentence of up to five years in state prison, while the attempted 3rd degree sexual assault charge carries a potential maximum sentence of 10 years.

A preliminary hearing in the case was set for Friday, Aug. 9, before Circuit Judge Faun M. Phillipson. Bond for Scofield was set at $15,000 and he remained in custody in Green County Jail as of Aug. 6.