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Wis. student accused of molesting young children

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By The Associated Press

Published: Friday, November 16, 2012, 9:52 p.m.
Updated: Monday, February 18, 2013

MILWAUKEE — A Wisconsin college student is accused of molesting six young children and videotaping the assaults under such titles as “Monster Unleashed,” and police said Friday they think there are more victims.

Authorities said Alexander R. Richter, who attended Gateway Technical College, volunteered to baby-sit his classmates' children and then repeatedly had sex with the boys and girls on camera as they cried and begged him to stop. Police said they have identified six children in videos and photographs recovered from Richter's home in Racine, about 30 miles south of Milwaukee.

Investigators are asking other victims or their families to come forward.

“We're not putting a number on it, but from the evidence we've recovered we believe there are additional victims,” Racine police Sgt. Marty Pavilonis said.

Richter, 28, was arrested last week and remained in jail Friday after a judge set his bond at $1.5 million in cash a day earlier.

According to a criminal complaint, Richter approached at least one classmate last year and offered to baby-sit her children — a son who was then 6 years old and a daughter who had just turned 4. Richter is accused of making at least 11 videos of himself having sex with both children, including one in which police say he guided the boy into attempted sexual activity with his sister.

Last month the boy, now 7, touched another child inappropriately, the criminal complaint said. When confronted, the boy told his mother that was how “Alex” touches him and his sister, according to the complaint.

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