Manitowoc Resident Indicted on Child Obscenity and Commission of a Felony Sex Offense by a Registered Sex Offender

Brad D. Schimel, First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, announced that on August 11, 2026, Maurilio Mares (age 19) of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, was indicted on two counts of Obscene Visual Depictions of the Sexual Abuse of Children, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1466A, and two counts of Commission of a Felony Sex Offense by an Individual Required to Register as a Sexual Offender in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2260A.

The indictment alleges that the violations occurred on two separate dates in May 2026. If convicted of either child obscenity offense, Mares faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years' imprisonment and up to 40 years' imprisonment. If convicted of committing a new criminal offense against a child while required to register as a sex offender, the defendant must be given a mandatory 10 years' imprisonment, consecutive to any other sentence. He may also be fined up to $250,000 and must serve a term of supervised release ranging from five years to life.

This case was investigated by the City of Manitowoc Police Department. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Daniel R. Humble.

An indictment is only a charge and is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which the government must prove his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse launched in May 2006, by the U.S. Department of Justice. Led by U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section (CEOS), Project Safe Childhood marshals federal, state and local resources to better locate, apprehend and prosecute individuals who exploit children via the Internet, as well as to identify and rescue victims. For more information about Project Safe Childhood, please visit www.projectsafechildhood.gov.

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Public Affairs Officer Steve Caballero

(414) 297-1700

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