A Milwaukee man has been arrested and accused of committing nearly two dozen sex-related crimes in Kenosha.
Michael Anthony Schweiger, 32, was charged Friday in Kenosha County Circuit Court with numerous felonies including one count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child, four counts of child enticement with varying enhancers, possession of cocaine, four counts of soliciting intimate representations of a minor, and 10 counts of attempting to expose a child to harmful material. He faces decades in prison if convicted.
Michael Anthony Schweiger
Schweiger, who remains in custody in the Kenosha County Jail, made his initial appearance at Intake Court Friday where a court commissioner imposed a $100,000 cash bond. A preliminary hearing is set for Sept. 26.
Schweiger, according to the criminal complaint, sent numerous explicit messages and images of himself via social media and messaging apps over several weeks in late summer to an officer who was working online undercover as a 13-year-old girl.
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He was arrested Sept. 15 in the alleyway of the 3800 block of Sheridan Road after allegedly traveling to Kenosha in his vehicle to engage in sexual activities with a minor and provide her with drugs. Police reportedly found crack cocaine inside the vehicle.
When questioned by police, Schweiger reportedly denied sending any nude photographs but admitted to being the person who communicated with the undercover officer. He also said that he did not have any intention of having sexual contact with an underage girl after they met up, but that he only wanted to hang out, according to the complaint.
As a condition of his bond Schweiger is to have no contact with minors or use of the internet.
Photos: Russell Brand through the years
From left, Kristen Bell, Mila Kunis, Russell Brand, Bill Hader and Jason Segel make an appearance at MTV Studio’s in Times Square for MTV’s “Total Request Live,” show to promote their new movie “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” on Tuesday, April 15, 2008, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer)
Host of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, actor Russell Brand, poses for a portrait in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Actor and host Russell Brand, left, talks with singer Christina Aguilera at the MTV Video Music Awards sneak preview press conference at Paramount Pictures studio in Los Angeles on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Actor Russell Brand arrives at The White Party benefiting Malaria No More in Los Angeles on Saturday, July 4, 2009. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
Host Russell Brand performs during the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 13, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Russell Brand, left, a cast member in “Get Him to the Greek,” poses alongside his fiancee, singer Katy Perry, at the premiere of the film at the Greek Theater in Los Angeles, Tuesday, May 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Jonah Hill, left, Russell Brand, center, and Sean Diddy Combs present the award for best breakout star at the MTV Movie Awards in Universal City, Calif., on Sunday, June 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Russell Brand appears at a book signing for his memoir “My Booky Wook 2” at Barnes & Noble in New York, Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)
British actor-comedian Russell Brand, center, smiles at a group of tourists passing by at the Ranthambore National Park in Ranthambore, India, Friday, Oct. 22, 2010. Russell Brand’s friend and a bodyguard assaulted four news photographers, including one from The Associated Press, when they were taking pictures of the British comedian Friday in an Indian tiger reserve before his wedding to Katy Perry, the photographers said. The photographers had been following about 330 feet (100 meters) behind two jeeps, one carrying Brand, a woman who was not Perry, a man and two children, and the second carrying the bodyguard and another man later described by police as Brand’s friend and wedding guest. (AP Photo)
In this March 19, 2011 photo, Russell Brand is shown during a press preview for the film, “HOP” in Universal City, Calif. A couple years ago, British comedian Russell Brand was an American unknown who hoped to gain fans stateside by hosting the MTV Video Music Awards. Now, he’s become the kind of big-name leading man who opens big studio movies on back-to-back weekends. (AP Photo/MJ Kim)
Actors Russell Brand, left, and Rico Rodriguez present the award for “Favorite Voice from an Animated Movie” at Nickelodeon’s 24th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards on Saturday, April 2, 2011, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Russell Brand is seen onstage at the MTV Movie Awards on Sunday, June 3, 2012 in Los Angeles. (Photo by Matt Sayles/Invision/AP)
Comedian Russell Brand speaks in Parliament Square during a protest against the Conservative Government and it’s austerity policies in London, Saturday, June 20, 2015. The protest is intended to be peaceful, but demonstrators are angry at public sector cuts meant to address government deficits, which ballooned after Britain rescued troubled banks during the 2008 financial crisis. Demonstrators argue the public is being punished for a crisis it did not cause. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
