MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) A former Milwaukee County group home manager is headed to prison for 18 years for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old boy. 38-year-old Jermarro Dantzler of Brown Deer entered a no-contest plea to sexual assault and bail-jumping in the case. He learned his punishment on Monday.
The victim accused Dantzler of raping him at gunpoint in July 2015 and then trying to “friend” him on Facebook a month later.
Dantzler was linked to the crime through DNA evidence.
Police investigators say Dantzler initially claimed that the victim was working as a male prostitute and that he didn’t know the victim’s age.
Defense lawyers asked for a suspended sentence with probation instead of jail time.Dantzler had been licensed to run a group home since 1999. His license was in the process of being revoked because of financial problems at the facility.
The MetroSource news wire contributed to this report.
