CRANDON, WI (WSAU-WAOW) A Crandon man is charged with multiple rapes, including getting an underage girl pregnant and performing a crude abortion on her.
Prosecutors have charged 33-year-old Matthew Christenson with 14 felonies, including sexual assault of a child, physical abuse of a child, repeated sexual assault of a child and child abuse. The victims ranged in age from 12 to 17. The criminal complaint says one of the victims became pregnant while she was in sixth grade, and that Christenson performed an abortion on her.
Court records claim the assaults happened in January 2010, December 2012, August 2015 and April 1.
The girls told investigators Christenson gave them alcohol and marijuana, beat them and threatened them. A 13-year-old boy claims Christenson locked him a closet for punishment one weekend and gave him only a potato to eat.
Court records show bond was set for Christenson at $75,000. He faces a maximum of 454 years in prison if convicted on all counts. He is due back in court on May 3.