Elderly Wisconsin Man Charged with Child Sex Exploitation of Minor from Belize

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Today a grand jury in the Eastern District of Wisconsin returned a one-count indictment against Roland J. Flath for traveling to a foreign country and engaging in and attempting to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor less than 18 years of age.   
               
According to court documents, Flath, 71, of Wisconsin, allegedly traveled to Belize in July 2006 and subsequently sexually molested a minor girl from Belize.  Flath was originally charged by a criminal complaint filed in Wisconsin in October 2010.  He was arrested by the Guatemalan National Civil Police on Feb. 20, 2011, expelled to the United States and arrested in the United States by ICE agents and the U.S. Marshal Service.

This case was brought as part of Project Safe Childhood, a nationwide initiative to combat the growing epidemic of child sexual exploitation and abuse by the Department of Justice. 

Flath faces a maximum penalty of up to 30 years in prison and a fine of $250,000.  Charges against Flath for aggravated assault of a minor are also pending in Belize.