AZ ICAC Task Force & Washington County Wisconsin Sheriffs Office Team to Arrest Predator
Arrested: Christopher John Erdman, age 18, West Bend, Wisconsin
Charges: Child Pornography, Wisconsin State Statute 948.12(1m)
Victim: 14 year old girl – name witheld
Agencies: Arizona ICAC Task Force & Washington County (WI) Sheriffs Office
In August 2006, a Phoenix, Arizona woman noticed that her 14-year-old younger-sister had been using a computer and the Internet to chat on-line with an unidentified man. The 14-year-old had exchanged sexually explicit images of herself with the man.
It was later learned that the chat conversations and image exchanges had occurred over a two-year period and began when the girl was 12 years old. The two had met via the Internet in an on-line gaming site.
The elder sister reported the incidents to the Phoenix Police Department and the subsequent investigation identified the man who solicited the images as Christopher John Erdman, age 18, of West Bend, Wisconsin.
With information from Arizona ICAC investigators, Detectives of the Washington County (Wisconsin) Sheriffs office served a search warrant at Erdman’s residence and seized evidence. Erdman made admissions to the offenses and was arrested by Washington County Detectives. Erdman will be charged with possession of child pornography in violation of Wisconsin statutes.