Former Glendale police officer convicted; pleads guilty to child pornography

WAUKESHA, Wis. – A Waukesha County judge sentenced Jonathan Angle on Friday, June 28, to four years in prison plus an additional seven years of extended supervision after Angle pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography.

Angle was initially charged with ten counts of possession of child pornography. But in May, he pleaded guilty to a single count in exchange for having the other charges dropped.

Case details

Glendale police said Angle started working for the department as a desk clerk in April 2022 and was hired as an officer in August 2022. His employment ended July 31 after his arrest.

An investigation began in May after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children sent a Reddit cyber tip to the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department. A criminal complaint says Reddit provided an email address and IP address for an account that uploaded child pornography. This IP address was located in Pewaukee.

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A search warrant was executed on July 31 and Angle was taken into custody. A search of Angle's phone found six additional images of child pornography separate from the image posted to Reddit.

In an interview with the sheriff's department, Angle admitted that he “messaged girls on Reddit a lot” and that he “had a porn addiction” that led him to create multiple accounts on multiple platforms. He said he was “pretty sure” the reported Reddit account was the one he was banned from. He added that some of the links he clicked on in search of “rape porn” “contained child pornography,” but that he didn't search for the material and closed it when it appeared.