Colby Man Charged with Sending Sexually Explicit Material to an Underage Girl Sentenced in Marathon County Court
Friday, February 14th, 2020 -- 1:25 PM
-A Colby man charged for sending sexually explicit material to an underage girl was sentenced in Marathon County Court on Thursday.According to court records, the mother of a 17-year-old girl from Spencer reported to the Spencer Police Department that she believed David Paul, of Colby, was sending her daughter explicit material through Facebook. An investigation by the department uncovered a series of sexually explicit messages between Paul and the girl starting back in February. In one of those messages, it was made clear that Paul knew the girl was underage and still in high school. Throughout the beginning of the year, Paul sent a number of multiple lewd photos and at least one video of himself to the girl. The girl’s mother had stated that Paul and her daughter had only crossed paths once at the Colby High School before he began sending her messages. Paul was working as a custodian there at the time. They never met after the messages began. Paul was suspended form the district back in May and then fired on June 17th after the district reviewed the investigation by the Spencer Police Department.
In an agreement with amended information, Paul was found guilty of, due to a no contests plea, causing a child 13-18 to vie sexual activity and 3 counts of disorderly conduct. For the sexual activity charge, he was given a deferred entry of judgment for 3 years with several conditions. If he follows all those conditions for 3 years, he can have that charge dismissed. For the disorderly conduct charges, he was sentenced to 2 years’ of probation with several conditions.
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