明尼苏达州男子Creighton Mithaugen赴威斯康星州与「未成年少女」见面被捕：判97个月监禁并终身监管
威斯康星州 Madison 报道——威斯康星西区联邦检察官 Chadwick M. Elgersma 宣布，现年38岁、住在明尼苏达州 Faribault 的 Creighton Mithaugen 本周在 Madison 的联邦法院被判处97个月监禁，罪名是跨州前往威斯康星州、意图与未成年人发生非法性行为。
主审联邦地区法官 William M. Conley 同时判处其在刑满后接受终身监管释放。Mithaugen 已于2026年7月13日就该罪名认罪。
检方称，2024年4月至2026年2月间，Mithaugen 在网上与一名自称14至15岁的少女持续聊天，对方实际上是卧底执法人员。2026年2月13日，他从明尼苏达州的住处驾车前往威斯康星州 Rhinelander 的约定地点，打算与对方见面并发生性行为，在现场被逮捕。
量刑听证上，Conley 法官考虑了 Mithaugen 的过往记录：他2007年曾因与一名15岁少女发生性关系被定罪，另有2022年涉嫌触摸一名10岁女童的可信指控。法官认定他是反复作案的危险性罪犯，需要较长的刑期来保护社会中最脆弱的成员免受其侵害。
此案由 Oneida 县警长办公室、Rhinelander 警察局、威斯康星州司法部刑事调查局与明尼苏达州刑事逮捕局联合调查，助理联邦检察官 Julie Pfluger 负责起诉。案件属于司法部「儿童安全计划」（Project Safe Childhood）的全国行动，该计划统筹联邦、州与地方资源，打击利用互联网剥削儿童的行为并营救受害者。
家长与监护人可通过司法部「儿童安全计划」官方页面了解如何识别和防范针对儿童的网络剥削。
Minnesota Man Creighton Mithaugen Sentenced to 97 Months for Traveling to Wisconsin to Meet 'Minor' Who Was an Undercover Agent
MADISON, Wis. — Chadwick M. Elgersma, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Creighton Mithaugen, 38, of Faribault, Minnesota, was sentenced this week by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 97 months in federal prison for traveling from Minnesota to Wisconsin to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
The prison term will be followed by a lifetime of supervised release. Mithaugen pleaded guilty to the charge on July 13, 2026.
From April 2024 through February 2026, Mithaugen chatted online with someone he believed to be a 14- or 15-year-old girl, who was in fact an undercover law enforcement agent. On February 13, 2026, he was arrested after driving from his Minnesota home to a prearranged meeting spot in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, to meet the purported minor for sexual activity.
At the sentencing hearing, Judge Conley considered Mithaugen's history, which included a 2007 conviction for sex with a fifteen-year-old girl and credible allegations that he touched a ten-year-old girl in 2022, and concluded that he was a repeat and dangerous sex offender. The judge found that a lengthy sentence was necessary to protect some of the most vulnerable members of society from his predatory behavior.
The charge was the result of an investigation by the Oneida County Sheriff's Office, the Rhinelander Police Department, the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Assistant U.S. Attorney Julie Pfluger prosecuted the case.
The investigation was part of Project Safe Childhood, the Justice Department's nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation and abuse. Parents and guardians can learn how to recognize and prevent online exploitation of children through the Justice Department's Project Safe Childhood page.
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图片来源：图：本案量刑地 Madison 的 Robert W. Kastenmeier 联邦法院大楼（威斯康星西区联邦地区法院所在地）。Corey Coyle 摄，CC BY 3.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: The Robert W. Kastenmeier U.S. Courthouse in Madison, where the sentence was imposed. By Corey Coyle, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
