DUPONT, Wis. (WFRV) – The 66-year-old Appleton man who was charged with sexually assaulting children multiple times since 2006 was sentenced to 21 years in prison after being convicted.
Wisconsin Circuit Court Records show that Richard Klimek was sentenced in Waupaca County Court to 21 years in prison along with an extended supervision term of seven years.
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Klimek was convicted after a no contest plea on January 13, 2025, roughly three-and-a-half years after the charges were filed in July 2021. Klimek’s conviction came on two counts of repeated sexual assault of the same child, with at least three violations of 1st degree sexual assault .
The sexual assaults began in 2006, with the original charges filed stemming from actions between the following dates:
- May 2006 to September 2007
- May 2017 to September 2020
- June 2021 to July 2021
At least one of the sexual assaults happened at the Farmer Genes Campgrounds in the Town of Dupont. Klimek’s charges also had a modifier of Lifetime Supervision of Serious Sex Offenders.
No additional details are available.
