A 58-year-old man convicted of using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime and possession of child pornography was released into the Shawano area Jan. 8, according to the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department.
Christopher K. Morley is listed as 6 feet tall, weighing 190 pounds. He is white with blue eyes and gray hair.
Morley, formerly of Suring, is considered homeless in Shawano County.
He is required to register with the Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry Program for life and is required to comply with GPS tracking.
From 2013-16, Shawano County authorities arrested 43 men in online sex sting operations; Morley was one of the men.
In 2016, he was sentenced to five years in prison, 12 years of probation and 15 years of sex offender registry after his release for using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.
Later, in federal court, Morley had six years added to his prison time for possessing child pornography and was ordered to be placed on lifetime supervision after being released from prison.
The Shawano Leader reported that according to court documents, a sheriff’s detective contacted Morley’s wife about her husband’s initial arrest, and she later told the detective she had found sexually explicit images of minors on Morley’s computer.
She and Morley consented to a search of Morley’s computers, external drives and storage devices. The search revealed hundreds of child pornography images and stories of adult male sex encounters with 10- to 14-year-old girls. Morley’s child pornography collection dated to at least 1998 when he lived in Illinois.
Wisconsin state law authorized law enforcement agencies to inform the public of a sex offender’s release when, at the agency’s discretion, the release of such information will enhance public safety, awareness and protection.
The Wisconsin Sex Offender Registry can be located at https://doc.wi.gov or www.wistaysafe.gov.
Questions or concerns regarding Morley should be directed to the sex offender registry at 608-240-5830.
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