Rice Lake Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Possessing Child Pornography

On April 6, 2020, Tillman’s wife contacted law enforcement to report that she was looking through her husband’s phone and saw images and a video of him sexually assaulting a child known to the couple.  Law enforcement officers obtained a search warrant for the phone and while they did not find those specific images, they did find other child pornography on the phone.  Officers also found evidence on the phone showing that on the same day Tillman’s wife called the police, Tillman researched how to do a factory reset on the phone.

In sentencing Tillman, Judge Peterson found him to be a danger to children based on the allegations in this case and his history of child pornography offenses going back several years. 

The charge against Tillman was the result of an investigation conducted by the Rice Lake Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigation.  The prosecution of the case has been handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Altman.