“I think there’s still a misperception in the public that the sex offender is somebody who wears a trenchcoat and lurks in the bushes,” said Walworth County District Attorney Zeke Wiedenfeld. “There certainly are those types of sex offenders out there, but the vast majority of them are people that are known to the victim.” ... Child sex crimes are usually committed by a “trusted adult ...” Child sexual assaults rarely involve strangers, analysis and experts say Last summer, as the 14-year-old girl sat on the couch in her mother’s Janesville home, a 37-year-old man next to her started “massaging” her lower back. The man then held her hands above her head so she could not move as he rubbed his clothed private parts up and down against hers. She said she froze in fear. She told police she felt attacked, according to the criminal complaint. The man was no stranger. He was the girl’s stepfather. This kind of child sexual assault—where the victim knows the perpetrator—is by far the most common. Sometimes it’s a stepfather. Other ... Continue reading... http://www.gazettextra.com/news/cri...cle_b819bf1f-3ef7-5caa-bdcf-3fc0313e4866.html
