David Fuchs (Photo courtesy: Wisconsin Department of Corrections)
(WTAQ-WLUK) — A repeat sex offender was sentenced after engaging with an undercover officer from the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office, who was posing as a 12-year-old girl online.
David J. Fuchs, 41, formerly of Janesville, was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for attempting to sexually exploit a child.
According to court records, Fuchs engaged in a conversation with the undercover officer who was posing as a 12-year-old girl online. During the conversation, Fuchs repeatedly described his desire to have sex with the child, sending multiple explicit photographs of himself and requesting explicit photographs from the undercover officer. Fuchs explained to the undercover officer, in explicit terms, how he intended to “teach” the young girl how to have sexual intercourse. During many of the sexually explicit conversations, Fuchs expressed his belief that the 12-year-old girl was in school. He planned to meet the girl at a travel plaza near Madison and he promised to bring her art supplies, prosecutors say.
On March 15, 2024, Fuchs arrived at a travel plaza with the intention of meeting a 12-year-old girl. The United States Marshals Service placed him under arrest.
Court records further indicate that the undercover officer from the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office also talked to Fuchs using a different undercover identity. During this conversation, Fuchs offered to pay $100 to have sex with a seven-year-old girl. Fuchs was also talking to undercover officers from the Madison Police Department, the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office, and the Fox Valley Metro Police Department, who were posing online as underage girls.
Fuchs is a registered sex offender with prior convictions for attempted second degree sexual assault of a child and sexual assault of an intoxicated victim.
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