Crime & Safety
Brookfield Man Caught in Milwaukee Sex Sting
Suspect thought he was meeting a 15-year-old girl at a south side business, but it was an undercover Milwaukee police detective, charges allege.
A Brookfield man is facing a felony charge after he was caught trying to have sexual contact with an underage girl in a sting set up by Milwaukee police.
Steven S. Weber, 47, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Friday with one count of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.
According to the criminal complaint:
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On Nov. 24, a Milwaukee police detective was posing as a 15-year-old girl in a Yahoo romance chat room when Weber made contact and asked for pictures. The officer sent a picture to him and told him she was 15.
Weber asked if the girl wanted to meet, saying they could “feel each other in his car.”
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The two chatted on several other occasions and Weber said he was afraid to do more than “kiss” the girl because of her age. Eventually they agreed to meet at a business near South 20th Street and Layton Avenue, where Weber was arrested.
A preliminary hearing was set for Dec. 19.