Alexander Kawleski, Child Pornography Production, Wisconsin 2023

A Wisconsin Rapids man has been convicted of producing child pornography, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Wisconsin announced yesterday.

Alexander Kawleski, 42, was found guilty of 16 counts involving producing, attempting to produce, and possessing child pornography after a two-day trial in federal court in Madison, Wisconsin.

The evidence presented at trial established that in 2013, Kawleski recorded himself sexually assaulting a 15- to 16-year-old girl. He kept a copy of the assault on a flash drive, which was later found by a friend and turned over to a Wisconsin Rapids Police Department detective.

In addition to the assault, the evidence showed that Kawleski used a two-way mirror to secretly record two minor females while they were in the bathroom, in various stages of undress, getting in and out of the shower. Those recordings were saved on the same flash drive as the assault.

One of the females was between 13 and 14 years old, and the other was 15 or 16 years old. Neither victim was aware that they were being filmed. Kawleski was convicted of producing child pornography related to the sexual assault video, and attempting to produce child pornography related to the secret shower videos. He was also convicted of possessing child pornography.

Kawleski faces a mandatory minimum penalty of 15 years and a maximum of 30 years in federal prison on each of the first 15 counts involving production and attempted production of child pornography, and a maximum of 10 years on the last count of possessing child pornography.

Chief U.S. District Judge James Peterson scheduled Kawleski's sentencing for November 25 at 10:00 a.m.

The charges against Kawleski are the result of an investigation by the Wisconsin Rapids Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Criminal Investigation. The prosecution of the case is being handled by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Elizabeth Altman and Laura Przybylinski Finn.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdwi/pr/wisconsin-rapids-man-convicted-producing-child-pornography