Last Tuesday, 22 December 2007, Anthony Stancl, a 19-year-old from Wisconsin, pleaded guilty to two sexual assault charges. He now faces up to 50 years of jail time.
The teenager was charged because he had forced at least seven students of New Berlin Eisenhower High School, ages 15 to 17, to have oral or anal sex with him. These occurred from spring of last year up to November of this year, when he was arrested.
He was able to blackmail fellow students by using Facebook. According to investigations, he posed as a girl named, “Kayla,” in the site. “Kayla” met the boys through Facebook, had conversations with them, and then eventually asked them to send nude photos of themselves in exchange for naked photos of “her”. He later used the photos sent to him to blackmail the boys. “Kayla” told the boys that “she” will release the photos in school if the boys do not have sex with Stancl.
It was a 16-year-old student who finally shed light on Stancl’s acts. This pupil approached the authorities and told them that he was being blackmailed by Stancl. He also said that Stancl documented the sex acts to further blackmail victims. He gathered up the courage to go to the authorities after “Kayla” demanded his brother’s nude photos.
In Stancl’s computer, investigators found approximately 300 naked pictures and videos of 13 to 17-year-old schoolmates, including that of the complainant.
Waukesha County District Attorney, Brad Schimel, was happy about the outcome of the court hearing yesterday, because the complainants no longer needed to testify. This was an important part of the negotiations because the they were hesitant to go to court.
A hearing, which may schedule the sentencing date, was scheduled on 7 January 2010.
