Registered sex offender sentenced to 25 years in prison for attempted sexual exploitation of a child

MADISON – David J. Fuchs, 41, formerly of Janesville, was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison for attempting to sexually exploit a child, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

According to court documents, Fuchs had a conversation with an undercover officer from the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office who posed online as a 12-year-old girl.

During the conversation, Fuchs repeatedly described his desire to have sex with the child, sent several explicit photos of himself and requested explicit photos from the undercover agent, the criminal complaint states.

According to investigators, Fuchs had planned to meet the girl at a traveling market near Madison, Wisconsin, and he promised to bring her art supplies.

On March 15, 2024, Fuchs came to a travel site with the intention of meeting a 12-year-old girl.

The United States Marshals Service arrested him.

Court documents also indicate that the undercover agent with the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office also spoke with Fuchs under another undercover identity.

Fuchs also spoke with undercover detectives from the Madison Police Department, the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office and the Fox Valley Metro Police Department who posed as underage girls online.

Fuchs is a registered sex offender with prior convictions for attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child and sexual assault of an intoxicated victim.

This case was investigated by the Outagamie County Sheriff’s Office, the Manitowoc County Sheriff’s Office, the Fox Valley Metro Police Department and the Madison Police Department, with assistance from the Rock County Sheriff’s Office and the United States Marshals Service.

This case was filed as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat child sexual exploitation.

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