Caroline Neal
MOUNT PLEASANT — A 38-year-old Mount Pleasant man was arrested after the Federal Bureau of Investigation notified the Racine County Sheriff’s Office of an investigation regarding the distribution of child sexual abuse materials.
Matthew Wefler was charged with one count of repeated sexual assault of the same child, one count of incest with a child, seven counts of child sexual exploitation and three counts of causing a child under 13 to view/listen to sexual activity.
Online court records show that Racine County Court Commissioner Alice Rudebusch set Wefler’s cash bond at $250,000 during a hearing Tuesday.
Wefler is scheduled to appear in court July 9.
According to a criminal complaint, the FBI notified RCSO on June 24 of an investigation regarding the distribution of child sexual abuse material and a child sexual assault involving Wefler.
The FBI reportedly found “hundreds of pages” of chat messages in which Wefler and a man in Texas exchanged and discussed sexual content involving young children and Wefler’s dog.
The criminal complaint states Wefler’s cell phone and computer are still being investigated.
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