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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Anthony Stancl is no longer behind bars.
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 was freed on bail Thursday, a Waukesha County Jail official confirmed.
The bail for Anthony R. Stancl, 18, was reduced last week from $250,000 to $75,000.
From WISN:
Anthony Stancl could face life in prison for an elaborate sex plot, but now he's free.
Stancl is charged with 12 felonies including second- and third-degree sexual assault, child enticement and possession of child pornography, which carries a maximum sentence of 300 years in prison.
Police said he used Facebook to pose as a female and talked at least 31 boys into sending naked pictures of themselves to him.
Then, Stancl allegedly blackmailed some of them into performing sex acts -- often at New Berlin Eisenhower High School -- under the threat that he would release the naked pictures at the high school if they didn't comply, investigators said.
So Stancl is free because his parents put up $75,000. He also needs to comply with additional conditions.
An attorney for Stancl assured [Judge J. Mac] Davis that if Stancl is released from jail he will have adult supervision along with electronic monitoring with a GPS function.
...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.
Who's watching Stancl right now?
It's very late. People are asleep. So who's monitoring Stancl?
Who's making sure that he isn't on a cell phone?
If Stancl were a 40-year-old man and had posed as a female on Facebook to get at least 31 teenage boys to send him naked pictures of themselves, and then blackmailed some of them into performing sex acts, do you think there's any chance that Stancl would have had his bail lowered so dramatically? Would a 40-year-old charged with 12 felonies have managed to get released to mommy and daddy?
I don't think Stancl should be out of jail.
I don't think he can possibly be monitored the way he's supposed to be.
What's weird about the "adult supervision" stipulation is that it makes it sound like Stancl is a child.
He's not a child. He's eighteen.
Stancl is an adult and he should be treated like one.
3 comments:
i was actually a friend of his. i worked with him and went to school, he was a nice kid, but your right, hes no child anymore. he should be treated as an adult. sorry dude you were my friend but chances are your spending the rest of your life in jail and after that probably hell. good luck tony.
I read an article on this in GQ...I dont know this kid personally. Obviously what he did was very wrong and no hes not a kid. But at 18 and such an awkward phase of his life i dont think he was thinking of consequences or at least consequences as severe as prison for life. I dont think he should be treated so harshly. 18 is still very young
Ok people, this kid is only eighteen years old only three years away for fifteen, and his mentality is primarily in the process of change, but still relatively the same of a fifteen year old, and although he should be punished, the punishment of life in prison is ridiculous. He deserves a second chance. Perhaps, after this experience he would amend his behaviors and become a saint. He did not kill anybody. He did not inflict pain to anybody. The last time I checked SEX was a pleasure. What about those three white boys who killed an immigrant a few months ago and later were released without any punishment? Now, in mind world, people who kill and inflict pain to another human being should be killed and severely punish, but this case of Tony Stancl is ridiculous.
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