Earlier this week, 67-year-old Leo Pelot of Stevens Point was arrested and charged in Lincoln County Court with felony counts of Trafficking of a Child, 2nd Degree Sexual Assault of Child and Child Enticement-Sexual Contact. Pelot appeared in Lincoln County Court on March 22 where a judge ordered him held on $100,000 cash bond.
Pelot’s arrest came as a result of a child sex trafficking investigation recently conducted by the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office in conjunction with the Merrill Police Department and the Wisconsin Department of Justice.
The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office will be holding a press conference Friday morning to provide further details on the case.