Milwaukee County Circuit Children’s Court Judge Brett Blomme– a previous head of the Cream City LGBTQ+ Foundation which runs a Drag Queen Story Hour program– was detained on charges of possessing child pornography.
Blomme, 38, was collared “following an investigation into multiple uploads of child pornography through a Kik messaging application account in October and November 2020,” according to a statement.
A 44-page search warrant submitted Friday by a Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) unique representative stated detectives discovered Blomme, utilizing the name “dommasterbb,” uploaded 27 videos and images containing child pornography. Two of the files were uploaded at a Milwaukee County government building, the search warrant said,” a summary notes.
JSOnline added,
“A longtime LGBTQ activist, Blomme previously was director of major gifts at the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin for 18 months, following a stint at the Madison City Attorney’s Office. From 2011 to 2015, he practiced criminal defense with the State Public Defender’s Office.”
Blomme previously worked as the President of the Cream City Foundation from 2017 to 2020, which explains itself as “mobilizing philanthropic resources by harnessing the pride, passion, and commitment of LGBTQ+.”
The organization likewise runs a Drag Queen Story Hour program, an event that “captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids glamorous, positive, and unabashedly queer role models.”
“In spaces like this, kids are able to see people who defy rigid gender restrictions and imagine a world where people can present as they wish, where dress up is real” a description adds.
Blomme beat the Republican incumbent framing himself as a “progressive alternative” during the. campaign.
Milwaukee County Chief Judge Mary Triggiano stated she could not speak regarding Blomme’s arrest.
“Due to the ongoing investigation and pending case, I am unable to comment,” Triggiano said in a statement. “Judge Blomme’s court calendar will be covered by another judge as needed, starting (Wednesday).”
The case was led by Wisconsin’s Internet Crimes Against Children task force. Its leader, Matt Joy with the Division of Criminal Investigation, called kid porn an enduring, and growing, issue.
Joy stated that over the 20 years of the task force’s presence, the quantity of tips has actually increased every year however one. In 2020, he stated, it got about 3,600 tips, including either kid pornography or individuals utilizing the web to attempt to persuade or convince minors into fulfilling or offering pictures up for sex.
Messaging and chat apps, he stated, have actually mostly changed peer-to-peer file sharing as the main tool for disseminating child porn.
“It’s so easy to communicate with like-minded individuals, almost out in the open, that they feel emboldened, and normalized,” he said. “It presents a real risk to children.”
H/T The National Pulse, JSOnline
