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Yahoo
09-06-2025
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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
Yahoo
16-04-2025
- Yahoo
Child porn possession, former Milwaukee police officer pleads guilty
The Brief A former MPD officer pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. Court records show he reached a plea deal, and the state dismissed some charges. Investigators searched his home and seized his electronics in May 2022. MILWAUKEE - A former Milwaukee police officer pleaded guilty on Monday to possession of child pornography, avoiding trial in a case prosecutors filed more than two years ago. Court records show Mark Horstmeyer pleaded guilty to one felony count, and the state dismissed another four as part of a plea deal. He is scheduled to be sentenced in June. FREE DOWNLOAD: Get breaking news alerts in the FOX LOCAL Mobile app for iOS or Android The backstory According to a criminal complaint, the Milwaukee Police Department Internal Affairs Division received a citizen tip about Horstmeyer "possessing child pornography." Law enforcement searched Horstmeyer's home in May 2022. The complaint said his electronic devices were "seized and forensically analyzed." On those devices, investigators found five inappropriate photos of children. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News Officials noted in the complaint that, based on their experience, the images seized were from a website based out of Ukraine that had since been shut down for the distribution and manufacturing of child pornography. Horstmeyer had worked for MPD for at least eight years at the time. After charges were filed, the police department said Horstmeyer resigned. The Source Information in this report is from the Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office and Wisconsin Circuit Court.
