Crime & Safety
Greendale Man Facing Child Pornography Charges
Suspect, 23, downloaded more than 200 child pornography images using a file sharing service, then hid them on an external hard drive.
A Greendale man is facing multiple felony charges after federal and local police officials allegedly found hundreds of child pornography files on his computer.
Matthew L. Schmidt, 23, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Friday with five counts of possession of child pornography. If convicted, he could face up to 125 years in prison and $500,000 in fines.
According to the criminal complaint:
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On Nov. 8, Milwaukee Police Department officers and FBI officers executed a search warrant on Schmidt’s home in the 7000 block of Dobson Court, where they found a hard drive with 243 child pornography files in it.
About 162 of the files were videos, which contained images of nude prepubescent boys performing sex acts.
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Schmidt admitted to downloading the images with the family computer using a file sharing service and then storing them on an external hard drive.
Schmidt is out of custody and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
