February 22, 2021 at 11:25 a.m.
Two Rivers man arrested in ICAC investigation
Two Rivers man arrested in ICAC investigation
By By River NEws Staff-
David Lee Bronk, 49, made his initial appearance Friday before Oneida County Circuit Judge Patrick O'Melia. According to a criminal complaint filed the same day, Bronk has been charged with a pair of class I felonies: solicit intimate representation from minor and exposing a child to harmful material.
According to a police report attached to the criminal complaint, in early January 2020 a county detective sergeant established an undercover account on an online dating website using a photo of a young female as a profile photo.
On Jan. 5, 2020, the report states the detective began messaging with a "Dave" on the application.
The individual was later identified as Bronk, according to the complaint.
During the conversation on the dating application, the "girl" said she was in Minocqua, and soon the electronic conversation switched to text messaging. At that point, the detective claimed to be 15 years old. The subject of the text conversation eventually turned to sex and birth control.
At one point, Bronk expressed some reservation about what he was doing, according to the police report.
"I don't want to say to (sic) much how do I know for sure you ain't working with the cops. I know they do stuff like that to try to catch old guys like me that want to be with a younger female," Bronk allegedly texted the "girl."
"That's stupid. I'm no cop. Can't believe u say that," the detective replied.
Over the course of numerous days, Bronk allegedly sent several explicit photographs of himself to the "girl" and tried to "her" to reciprocate. Bronk eventually told the "girl" he would not be coming to Minocqua and the communication between the two stopped.
O'Melia set a $5,000 signature bond and scheduled an adjourned initial appearance for March 22.
Bronk faces a maximum of seven years in prison if convicted of both felony charges.
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