NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lieutenant Wayne McInnis
Office: (504) 712-2234
Date: April 28, 2008
Sexual predator surrenders to
Kenner Detective
KENNER
– On April 28, 2008, at
10:00 A.M., Michael C. Sprinkle, age 41 of Sussex, Wisconsin
surrendered to Kenner Detective Robert McGraw for four counts of
computer-aided solicitation for sexual purposes, four counts of
indecent behavior with juveniles and one count of pornography
involving juveniles. At the time of his arrest, Mr. Sprinkle
was employed as a Civics Teacher and Softball Coach at an
Elmbrook School District High School in Wisconsin.
The
undercover operation began in August 2007, when a Kenner
detective went into an online chat room posing as a juvenile
female from Kenner. Mr. Sprinkle, who used the screen name
“sammycubs2007,” contacted the detective. From the onset, Mr.
Sprinkle knew he was chatting with a juvenile female. During
the course of the chat, Mr. Sprinkle solicited to have sex with
the juvenile female. Mr. Sprinkle then invited the juvenile
female to view his webcam on four separate occasions. Mr.
Sprinkle sent images of himself masturbating via the webcam on
each of the four occasions.
On January
4, 2008, a warrant was issued for Mr. Sprinkle and he was
arrested by the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office in Sussex,
Wisconsin. Mr. Sprinkle waived his rights to the Waukesha
County Sherriff’s Office and gave a videotaped confession
admitting to the crimes. Mr. Sprinkle refused to waive
extradition to Louisiana. Mr. Sprinkle was out on bond in
Wisconsin while he fought extradition to Louisiana. Mr.
Sprinkle hired an attorney in Louisiana, the attorney arranged
for Mr. Sprinkle to waive extradition and fly to Louisiana.
Upon his arrival to Louisiana, Mr. Sprinkle along with his
attorney surrendered to Kenner Police Detective Robert McGraw.
If
convicted, Mr. Sprinkle will be required to register as a sex
offender and face a mandatory two year prison term.
The
investigation and arrest were made possible by the utilization
of equipment donated to the Kenner Police Department by the
Federal Bureau of Investigations, specifically for this type of
investigation.
The Kenner
Police Department has been and will continue aggressively going
after individuals who use the Internet to sexually exploit
juveniles from the city of Kenner.
This is the
41st such arrest by the Kenner Police Department.
Michael Sprinkle
-KPD-
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