Antigo man arrested on charges related to 2016 case against him

A 34-year-old Antigo man charged with first degree child sexual assault (sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 13), a Class B felony, and causing a child under the age of 13 to view or listen to a sex act, a Class F felony, pled not guilty to both charges in Oneida County court on Dec. 17. 

Nathan Warbalow, who previously lived in Rhinelander before his address was updated on Dec. 15, was arrested in connection with the offenses on Dec. 8. 

He was released from the Oneida County jail on Dec. 15 when his $30,000 bond Oneida County judge Mary Sowinski had set was posted. 

According to the complaint, the two new  charges against Warbalow, who was sentenced in May, 2018, to one year in prison and more than seven years probation, stem from the same case involving the sexual assault of a six-year old at an apartment in Woodruff during December of 2016. 

The new charges are also tied into the December 2016, incident and involve the same victim, now 15 years old, who provided authorities with new information regarding the 2016 incident during interviews in October of this year. 

Warbalow’s attorney entered the not guilty pleas for his client at last week’s court proceeding. 

The class B felony Warbalow is charged with carries a penalty of up to 60 years in prison while the class F felony carries the penalty of a fine of $25,000, up 12 years, six months in prison or both. 

A pre-trial conference in Warbalow’s case is set for March 17. 

Brian Jopek may be reached via email at [email protected].