Steven Rosales Sentenced in Washington County

On Friday, Jan. 31, Steven Rosales, the former Kewaskum school resource officer, was sentenced in his Washington County case to three years in prison and four years of extended supervision on three counts of misconduct, one sexual misconduct and two misconduct by someone in office.
This will be served consecutively to his Fond du Lac County sentence of two years in prison with one year under extended supervision that he recieved after he was convicted of three counts of bestiality. He has 15 months remaining there.
In total, Rosales will serve five years in prison and have seven years of extended supervision. He will also be put on the sex offender registry list and is not eligible for early release.
The sentence was tougher than the state attorney expected, who asked for two years in prison.
The victim spoke in court with not only her family by her side supporting her but classmates that were present in the courtroom.
The victim’s mother spoke in court, as well, and while her daughter was 18 at the time, in her last semester of high school, she wanted to address and place emphasis on Rosales’ grooming in part of her statement.
“Our daughter did not want sexual advances from you, she did not want sexual conversations or text messages with you. I know this because I managed to scroll all the way to the top, all the way back to when it started.
“She said things like, ‘Why are you talking to me this way?’ ‘I don’t even know what that means.’ ‘Can we just go back to the way things were before?’
“You used your year of building her trust and developing your friendship and you taught her how you wanted her to respond to your messages. This is exactly what grooming is.
“The things you said to her were shocking, incredibly adult, way beyond anything she had ever encountered in her 18 years. She had no idea what to do. You were her good friend, a trusted staff member at school, a police officer.
“She needed help getting out of that situation because she had absolutely no idea how to do it on her own. She never wanted you to get caught, never wanted you to get in trouble and that’s also what grooming is.”