Greendale Man Gets 20 Year Sentence For Sexually Assaulting Young Girl

A Greendale man who repeatedly sexually assaulted a young girl while babysitting her will spend the next 20 years in prison.

Michael Farrell, 50, was sentenced to three concurrent 20 years sentences Friday by Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Richard Sankovitz on three counts of repeated sexual assault of a child and two years for one count of exposing a child to harmful material. Farrell will spend the first 15 years in prison and the final five years under extended supervison.

Farrell was found guilty in March  after he forced the girl to peform sexual act while babysitting her at his residence in the 4300 block of West Ramsey Avenue between 2008 and 2010. He also made her watch pornography during that time. 

On at least seven other occasions, the girl told police Farrell drove her to an observation area at Gen. Mitchell International Airport to watch planes land, instead covered the windows of his car with cardboard and forced her to have sex.