Milwaukee man accused of offering 14-year-old drugs and money for naked photos – TMJ4

By: Bruce Harrison , Jackson Danbeck MILWAUKEE — A 24-year-old Milwaukee man is facing charges after prosecutors say he threatened a 14-year-old girl with sharing her naked photos online if she did not have sex with him. The suspect also allegedly told the girl he would give her drugs and money if she shared photos of herself with him. Police later discovered the 14-year-old’s grandfather chasing the suspect down the road, according to a criminal complaint obtained by TMJ4 News on Thursday.Benjamin M. Oswald was charged with using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, exposing genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child and threatening to communicate derogatory info. If found guilty on all charges, he could face a max prison sentence of more than 40 years.”If you look at the allegations in the complaint, it’s one thing that he did it. But it’s the intimidation factor that was utilized in saying, hey I want this,” said Circuit Court Commissioner David Herring. Oswald attended his initial appearance on Thursday. In court, Oswald told his attorney he is a former employee of UW-Milwaukee after the state said he still worked there. UW-Milwaukee responded to TMJ4’s request for comment, saying in an
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