Becker Charged in Internet Sting Complaint Says Racine Mayor Had Child Porn, Salacious Chats with Girls

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Racine -- By the time Mayor Gary Becker engaged in a 2 1/2 -hour online chat Monday night with "Hope_Ulikeme14," he already had participated in several salacious virtual conversations with girls and collected child pornography, according to a five-felony criminal complaint filed against him Thursday.

Even so, Becker, 51, a married father of two daughters, worried about meeting someone who he believed was a 14-year-old girl.

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Becker Charged in Internet Sting Complaint Says Racine Mayor Had Child Porn, Salacious Chats with Girls

"We better chat more, this is too dangerous," Becker told an undercover agent on the phone Tuesday afternoon, the complaint says.

He even asked "Hope" if she was a "cop."

But about an hour later, Becker...

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