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West Bend city administrator charged for soliciting sex with minor
West Bend city administrator charged for soliciting sex with minor
WEST BEND -- The city administrator in West Bend has been arrested after police say he tried to entice a 16-year-old for sex. Prosecutors say it started with text messages and only got worse.
Thomas Justice
49-year-old Thomas (T.J.) Justice is now in custody Friday, April 22nd and facing two felony charges.
According to a criminal complaint, Justice had been sending provocative text messages to a teenage girl for nearly a year -- including offering her money for sex.
Going back to May of 2015, some of Justice's texts read:
According to the complaint, additional text messages were sent in June and July, some reading:
The complaint does not specify how Justice met the girl, but it says the girl's mother tried to put an end to his messages in September by writing, "no I'm 16, stop." After initially expressing surprise, Justice texted back:
The criminal complaint states the girl's mother turned the phone over to police. A detective with the Muskego Police Department posed as the girl to communicate with Justice -- setting up a meeting for sex at a local Dairy Queen.
Police pulled Justice over nearby and found a bottle of Viagra in his car.
The criminal complaint states Justice initially denied being there to have sex with a child, but later admitted that if she consented to it, he would have had sex with her.
Justice now faces the following felony charges:
If convicted of both charges, Justice could face up to 50 years in prison and or a $200,000 fine.
He's scheduled to be in court on May 2nd.
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