Pastor Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Charge; He's Accused of Using Internet to Pursue Boy

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West Bend A local youth pastor on Monday pleaded not guilty to charges that he attempted to solicit sex on the Internet from someone he thought was a 14-year-old boy but was instead an undercover police officer in New Hampshire.

Russell F. Roelke, 45, also posted $50,000 bond on Monday and was released from the Washington County Jail, nearly a month after he was charged with using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime, child enticement, exposing a child to harmful material and possession of child pornography, all of which are felonies.

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Pastor Pleads Not Guilty to Sex Charge; He's Accused of Using Internet to Pursue Boy

If convicted on all counts, Roelke could be imprisoned up to 57 years....

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