WAUKESHA (WI)
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
By Mike Johnson of the Journal Sentinel
March 8, 2012
Waukesha – A former Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod official is expected to enter a guilty plea Friday to possession of child pornography.
Joel W. Hochmuth was scheduled for a jury trial next week, but his attorney, Paul Bucher, said during a court hearing Thursday that a plea agreement had been reached.
Hochmuth, who was the communications director for the synod, was charged in November with three counts of possession of child pornography.
Under the terms of the agreement, Hochmuth would plead guilty to one count and two counts would be dismissed but considered when Hochmuth is sentenced, Bucher said.
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