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Published December 26, 2012, 12:18 PM

Former sheriff’s deputy sentenced for child porn

Wisconsin News
A former sergeant with the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department will spend decades on the other side of the prison bars.

A former sergeant with the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department will spend decades on the other side of the prison bars.

Philip Wentzel, 41, was given a 40-year prison sentence yesterday for producing child pornography. The former law enforcement officer pleaded guilty in federal court.

Prosecutors say Wentzel took photographs of young girls at a campsite he reserved in Campbellsport. They say the photos were shared on the Internet through a peer-to-peer file sharing network.

There were seven felony counts, each involving a different female victim.

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