A Monroe County police officer, Peter Schneider, faces serious charges following accusations of soliciting explicit images from two teenage girls.
The charges include child enticement, attempted sexual assault, and attempted possession of child pornography.
Schneider, who served with the Ho-Chunk Police Department and as a firefighter in Sparta, was promptly terminated from his policing duties upon arrest and is currently on leave from the fire department.
Prosecutors initiated the case after receiving reports from a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old alleging that Schneider had solicited inappropriate images via text messages.