BARRON, Wis. — A sheriff’s deputy from Minnesota is jailed in northwestern Wisconsin on felony child sex crimes.
Jeffrey Masek, 60, is charged in Barron County with child enticement-sexual contact, attempted second-degree sexual assault of a child and using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime.
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Masek, of Cottage Grove, is a Hennepin County sheriff’s deputy. The sheriff’s department says Masek has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal investigation. Court documents do not list a defense attorney who could speak on Masek’s behalf.