Michael Wang, 47, teacher at Northland Pines Middle School [Northland Pines School District], Eagle River, Wisconsin, child porn & sexually explicit chat with 14-year-old girl WDEZ: Teacher held on child-porn charges (May 20 2011) Michael Wang is being held on $20,000 bond after he was found with more than 100 computer images and videos of young children -- some less than 10-year-old. Wang is also accused of taking part in a sexually-explicit chat with a 14-year-old girl where he performed sex-acts in front of his computer's video camera. Tags:
WNFL AZM: Teacher held on child-porn charges (May 20 2011) [Michael] Wang has been suspended from Northland Pines Middle School, where he's taught for more than 20 years. School district officials were aware of the investigation, and provided key evidence -- two computer flash drives -- on May 6th.
Wisconsin Department of Justice Press Release (Nov 12 2012): Former Northland Pines Middle School Teacher Convicted of Possession of Child Pornography Monday, November 12, 2012 MADISON — Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen announced that Michael Wang, 47, of Florence, WI, was convicted today in Vilas County Circuit Court of two counts of possession of child pornography. Judge Neal Nielsen accepted his guilty pleas and set the case for sentencing on January 2, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. Eight additional counts of child pornography were dismissed as part of the plea but will be considered at sentencing along with numerous other uncharged counts. Wang is a former middle school math teacher for the Northland Pines School District. While using a school issued laptop computer, Wang began engaging in online, inappropriate sexual chatting, at times with minor females. Investigators believe one of the people with whom he had regular sexual chats, often times in his classroom at the school, was a 13 to 14 year- old girl from another state. Monitoring software installed on the school computers alerted school officials to the inappropriate chatting. While investigating the sex chats, school officials discovered two digital flash drives in a filing cabinet in Wang’s classroom. Those two flash drives were found to contain more than 100 pictures and videos of child pornography. Some of the pictures and videos depicted children as young as 4 to 5 years-old engaged in sexual acts with adults. Wang also had regular family photographs on one of the same flash drives. Each count carries a maximum penalty of 25 years imprisonment, a $100,000 fine, and a mandatory $500 child pornography surcharge. The State is represented by Assistant Attorney General David Maas, acting as special prosecutor for Vilas County. The case was investigated by the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office with assistance from the Oneida County Sheriff’s Department forensic unit.
Journal Sentinel: Former teacher in Eagle River convicted on child porn charges (Nov 12 2012) A former middle schoolteacher for the Northland Pines School District in Eagle River was convicted Monday of two counts of possession of child pornography in Vilas County Circuit Court. Michael Wang, 47, of Florence, used a school-issued laptop computer for sexual, online chatting with underage females, often while in his classroom ...
WSAU: Schoolteacher convicted of porn on classroom computer (Nov 13 2012) Michael Wang of Florence, WI, was convicted Monday in Vilas County Circuit Court of two counts of possession of child pornography. Judge Neal Nielsen accepted his guilty pleas and set the case for sentencing on January 2, 2013, at 1:30 p.m. Eight additional counts of child pornography were dismissed as part of the plea but will be considered at sentencing along with numerous other uncharged counts.
WTAQ: Ex-school teacher pleads guilty to possessing child porn (Nov 13 2012) A former school teacher in far northern Wisconsin has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. tate prosecutors said 47-year-old Michael Wang of Florence used a school laptop to chat sexually with underage girls – and it often happened while he was in his old middle school classroom in Eagle River ... Officials later found two digital flash-drives in a classroom cabinet which had over 100 pornographic videos and photos, some showing children as young as four.
WSAW: Fmr. Teacher Convicted of Possessing Child Porn to Spend 3 Years in Prison (Jan 2 2013) A former Eagle River middle school teacher convicted of possessing child pornography will spend three years in prison and five years on extended supervision ... Wang was also ordered to pay a $5,000 fine during his sentencing hearing on January 2.
Pierce County Herald: Crime and Court Roundup (Jan 2 2013) A former middle school math teacher in Eagle River will be sentenced this afternoon for possessing child pornography and having sexually-explicit chats with teens. 47-year-old Michael Wang of Florence struck a plea deal in November in which he pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing child porn. Eight related counts were dropped. State prosecutors said Wang used a school lap-top to chat sexually with underage girls – and it often happened while he was in his classroom. Officials were alerted in May of last year, while monitoring the school computers. They later found two digital flash-drives in a classroom cabinet which had over 100 pornographic photos showing children as young as four. Authorities said Wang also performed a sexual act on his Web camera for a 14-year-old girl.
