Tomah Man Sentenced for Child Sex Crimes

Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 -- 10:00 AM

(WEAU Staff, WEAU) A Tomah man is sentenced for child sex crimes, according to WEAU staff.

According to a press release from the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, 57-year-old James Ossinger was sentenced to 24 years in prison. Upon release, Ossinger will be supervised by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for 45 years and will be required to register as a sexual offender.

This sentence is in connection with Ossinger’s repeated sexual assault of children and possession of child pornography. Court records indicate Ossinger sexually assaulted three children between the ages of seven and eleven as they slept at his Tomah home between 2021 and 2024.

Per the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, authorities began investigating Ossinger after information was received that Ossinger uploaded recordings of him assaulting the victims to a cloud storage service. Hundreds of images and recordings of child pornography, some which depicted unidentified infants, were recovered from Ossinger’s storage service.

Ossinger was charged with three counts of repeated sexual assault of the same child, three counts of repeated child sexual exploitation, 20 counts of possession of child pornography, possession of cocaine, and possession of THC.

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