Former Milwaukee officer is headed to prison for possessing child porn
A former Milwaukee police officer will spend the next three years behind bars for possession of child pornography.
Mark T. Horstmeyer also was sentenced last week to five years of extended supervision after he is released, online court records show.
Horstmeyer, who had been on the Milwaukee police force for eight years before he was charged in June 2022, reached a deal with prosecutors in April to avoid going to trial.
Milwaukee police began investigating Horstmeyer in May 2022 when MPD's Internal Affairs Division received a citizen tip alleging Horstmeyer was in possession of child pornography, according to a criminal complaint.
A search warrant executed on his home turned up multiple digital images of such content, the complaint said.
The Milwaukee Police Department suspended him during the investigation. Horstmeyer resigned after his arrest, and formal charges were filed two days later.
He initially was charged with five counts of possession of child pornography, but pleaded guilty to just one of the charges. The other charges were dismissed but read into the court record for sentencing purposes, court records show.
Horstmeyer was paid more than $92,000 as a police officer in 2020, the latest data available.
This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Ex-Milwaukee officer gets prison time for possessing child porn
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