Ex-pastor sent to prison for life for sexually abusing child

Ex-pastor sent to prison for life for sexually abusing child

DOUGLAS COUNTY — A Danbury man was sentenced to life without parole in connected with a repeated sexual assault of a child. Jeffrey Anthony Charles, 65, was found guilty by a jury in in Douglas County Circuit Court following a three-day trial in January. As a persistent repeater, the life sentence is mandatory in Wisconsin. He was previously convicted of a similar crime in Iowa. At the sentencing hearing Wednesday, May 6, Charles' attorney, John…

Retired pastor who played Santa allegedly tried to pay for sex with a child

More than 50,000 people waved and cheered last year as Tom Hicks, with a big white beard and a jolly “ho, ho, ho,” passed by in a sleigh. The 68-year-old man on the float pulled by a pickup truck was the grand finale of the Lakeland, Florida, Christmas parade, as he had been every year […]