Friday, April 4, 2025

Registered sex offender facing new slate of charges

From The Journal Times.com:

Caroline Neal


RACINE — A 43-year-old registered sex offender is facing a dozen charges related to noncompliance with sex offender requirements and sexually assaulting a minor.

Paul Shelton of Racine was charged with one count of sex offender, fail/update information; one count of intentionally photographing a minor without consent as a registered sex offender; one count of knowingly failing to notify school of sex offender status; and three counts of bail jumping.

Shelton also was charged with one count of causing mental harm to a child; one count of exposing genitals to a child; one count of intentionally contributing to the delinquency of a child; one count of exposing a child to harmful material; one count of repeated sexual assault of a child; and one count of incest with child by stepparent.

The bail jumping and knowingly failing to notify school of sex offender status charges are misdemeanors. The others are felonies.

Shelton appeared in court Tuesday, during which Racine County Court Commissioner Alice Rudebusch set his bond at $100,000, according to online court records.

He is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing April 16.

According to a criminal complaint, Shelton reportedly filmed children at a local school without parental consent on multiple occasions.

Racine County Sheriff's Office investigators also found a Facebook account that Shelton reportedly claimed as his own. According to the complaint, Shelton did not report the account to the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry Program, and he reportedly said he was unaware that he needed to.

Additionally, the complaint alleges Shelton sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl on multiple occasions from 2017-22.

During this time, the complaint states, Shelton and the girl’s mother also allegedly provided the girl with drugs.

From: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_ec20c85f-c830-4cc8-a68b-d1236275b943.html

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