February 2011
He is, according to a Columbia County judge,
"damaged goods" and a danger to the public - and was ordered Tuesday to
25 years in prison.
Calling him a
"substantial danger to the public," Judge Daniel George sentenced Portage resident Warren J. Henkelman, 43, to
20 years in prison on a charge of felony first-degree child sexual assault of a person under the age of 13; the sentence is
half the maximum initial penalty of 40 years in prison.
The charge is "about as serious an offense as there is in our justice system, short of taking someone's life," George told Henkelman at the hearing in Columbia County Circuit Court, and that Henkelman has damaged the victims, who will face a lifetime of recovery.
George also sentenced Henkelman to serve
an additional five years in prison on a charge of felony possession of child *advertiser censored*.
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Henkelman was ordered to serve
a combined 15 years on extended supervision after he is released from prison; as conditions, Henkelman must be a lifetime registrant on the sex offender registry, may not have contact with minors without permission, must undergo psycho-sexual evaluation and sex offender treatment, may not possess *advertiser censored* or a computer or have access to the internet, may not possess photographic or video equipment and must maintain absolute sobriety.
As part of a plea agreement, the county dropped 10 charges in the case, including three other sexual assault charges, four other *advertiser censored* charges, a misdemeanor possession of THC (marijuana) and a misdemeanor for exposing his genitals to a child.
An appeal in the case is "very likely," according to Benavides.
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