GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A registered sex offender living in Green Bay who had a 12-year prison sentence overturned last year is back behind bars.
45 year old Christopher Oatman is charged with three counts of possessing child pornography as a repeat offender.
According to a criminal complaint, Oatman’s parole officer found his phone last week. The phone had three child porn images on it. The phone also had five videos that were determined to be homemade. The videos were of adult women, either being filmed in public or through a window at their home.
In May 2014, Oatman was sentenced to 12 years in prison for having non-pornographic images of children on his phone, which were taken outside his home.
Retired State Senator Alan Lasee was one of the leaders of the push to pass the law that sent Oatman away. he spoke to WLUK.
“These are the exact kind of people we were trying to go after and keep them locked up”
Lasee co-sponsored the 2005 legislation, making it illegal for registered sex offenders to photograph children in public without their parent’s consent.
“I’m reflecting back, but obviously a majority of legislators, senators and assembly men, thought the bill was drafted correctly”
Oatman’s attorney argued the photos were protected free speech. An appeals judge agreed last year, removing Oatman’s prison sentence.
Oatman is a registered sex offender because of a 2002 first degree child sexual assault conviction.
Oatman’s new charges have him being held on $50,000 cash bail.
