Anthony Stancl: Lower Bail

UPDATE, February 24, 2010: Stancl gets 15 years in prison in Facebook coercion case
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UPDATE, December 22, 2009: Anthony Stancl - GUILTY, 2 counts sexual assault
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UPDATE, July 15, 2009: Bail lowered for ex-New Berlin student in Facebook coercion case

Bail was reduced Wednesday to $75,000 for the former New Berlin Eisenhower student accused of using the social networking site Facebook to coerce male schoolmates into sexual encounters.

Anthony R. Stancl, 18, will have additional conditions if he released from jail, Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis said.

An attorney for Stancl assured Davis that if Stancl is released from jail he will have adult supervision along with electronic monitoring with a GPS function.

Defense attorney Craig M. Kuhary asked Davis to lower Stancl's bail from $250,000 to $75,000. The parents were able to access $75,000 from their retirement account. They will also be required to pay the $20 per day cost for electronic monitoring, which they were able to secure through a private company.

Kuhary said Stancl would like to get his high school diploma, possibly from New Berlin West or Waukesha County Technical College.

Davis said he will allow Stancl to complete his education but he can be on school grounds only for scheduled purposes and with adult supervision.

He will be allowed to go to the homes of his grandparents in West Allis and Hartland, his attorney's office, police departments and court.

Stancl would not be permitted to use the library, access the Internet or possess a cell phone.

Judge J. Mac Davis does it again.
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Anthony Stancl, the former New Berlin Eisenhower high school student charged with "five counts of child enticement, two counts of second degree sexual assault, two counts of third degree sexual assault, possession of child pornography, the repeated sexual assault of the same child, and making a bomb threat," is seeking lower bail.

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

The former New Berlin Eisenhower student accused of using the social networking site Facebook to coerce male schoolmates into sexual encounters will remain in jail for now.

An attorney for Anthony R. Stancl, 18, asked Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis to lower Stancl's bail from $250,000 to $75,000.

The parents were able to access $75,000 from their retirement account, defense attorney Craig M. Kuhary said.

Kuhary said Stancl would like to get his high school diploma and he would have adult supervision at all times. The parents also will not have any computers in the home or any Internet access.

District Attorney Brad Schimel said the bail should remain at a high level because Stancl, if convicted, faces substantial time in prison.

Schimel said Stancl would be a flight risk.

Davis asked Kuhary to look into electronic monitoring with a GPS feature from a private vendor to increase the chance that Davis may let Stancl out of jail.

Davis said he isn't promising that electronic monitoring will be enough to convince him that Stancl could be let out of jail.

Stancl will be back in court on July 9 for a decision on bail.

I think it would be crazy to lower Stancl's bail.

Suddenly, Stancl is interested in getting his high school diploma, as opposed to allegedly blackmailing classmates into sex. Does he need that diploma so he can start applying to colleges? Really?

I think Stancl and his parents need to reassess his situation.

Anyway, I'm sure he can work on getting his diploma from jail.

He can probably even still volunteer for Obama from jail. He could stuff envelopes or something.

I don't buy that Stancl would have supervision at all times. What about at night? Will one parent stay up and guard him? Would they take shifts?

And I don't think that having no computers in his parents' home would guarantee that Stancl wouldn't have access to the Internet.

The charges are so serious that I don't think Stancl's bail should be lowered. He's an alleged sexual predator.

If Stancl were a 40-year-old man, I doubt that Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis would even consider lowering his bail.

Then again, we are talking about Judge J. Mac Davis, notorious for bad rulings.

He reduced the bail of Mark Benson from $1 million to $500,000.

Benson was charged in the traffic deaths of Jennifer Bukosky, her unborn child, and Courtney, her 10-year-old daughter; but Davis enabled Benson to walk out of jail.

Not surprisingly, Benson violated the conditions of his bail and he landed back in jail about one week later. The bail of this repeat offender should never have been reduced in the first place.

Davis should NOT make a similar mistake with Stancl.

Does Davis really want another stain on his record?