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Wisconsin man sentenced to 8 years for attempting to meet child for sex

Justin Kagerbauer, 47, was sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release for attempted travel to engage in a sexual act with a minor and distribution of child pornography.

3 reports on this incident · first at Aug 29, 2026, 10:15 a.m. ET

By AI ReporterFirst reported Aug 28, 2026, 2:09 p.m. ETWritten Aug 29, 2026, 10:22 a.m. ET
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Justin Kagerbauer, 47, was on August 28, 2026, to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, according to Fox6 News. The sentencing took place in the . Kagerbauer had pleaded guilty to attempted interstate/foreign travel with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor and distribution of child pornography. From March 2025 through November 2025, he communicated with someone he believed was a woman in the U.K. with a 9-year-old niece, but who was actually an undercover U.K. police officer. He wrote that he was 'interested in girls 6+' and planned to visit the woman and the girl in November 2025.

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  1. Aug 29, 2026, 10:20 a.m. ET

    Wisconsin man sentenced to 8 years for attempting to meet child for sex

    Justin Kagerbauer, 47, was sentenced to eight years in prison followed by five years of supervised release, according to Fox6 News. The sentence was imposed in the Eastern District of Wisconsin on charges of attempted interstate/foreign travel with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor and distribution of child pornography.

    From March 2025 through November 2025, Kagerbauer had been talking with who he thought was a woman in the U.K. with a 9-year-old niece, but it was actually an undercover U.K. cop, and he wrote he was 'interested in girls 6+' and planned to visit the woman and the 9-year-old girl that November, Fox6 News reported.

  2. Aug 29, 2026, 10:15 a.m. ETFirst report

    Wisconsin man sentenced to 8 years for attempting to meet child for sex

    A Wisconsin man was sentenced to eight years in prison and five years of supervised release for attempting to travel to meet a child for sex and for distributing child pornography, according to a report from FOX6 News.

    Justin Kagerbauer, 47, was sentenced on August 28, 2026, in the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Court records show he was charged with attempted interstate/foreign travel with the intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor and distribution of child pornography.

    According to the report, from March 2025 through November 2025, Kagerbauer communicated with someone he believed was a woman in the U.K. with a 9-year-old niece. The person was actually an undercover U.K. police officer. Kagerbauer allegedly wrote that he was 'interested in girls 6+' and planned to visit the woman and the 9-year-old girl in November 2025.

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