Croix County judge has sentenced a former Burnett County prosecutor to 18 months in prison after he secretly recorded sexual encounters with two women. The attorney was handling the prosecution of the women at the time. Croix County jury convicted former Burnett County Assistant District Attorney Daniel Steffen earlier this year on three felony counts of representations depicting nudity. Steffen will serve two years of extended supervision and four years of probation following his prison sentence.
According to the criminal complaint , a state investigator learned in early that a woman who Steffen was prosecuting had sex with him in exchange for leniency on pending cases. She first denied a relationship with the prosecutor, but later admitted they had sex several times in at his Polk County home and office during work hours.
The two met during a case he was handling in which she faced charges for violating a restraining order. A video from February showed the prosecutor having sex with another woman. According to the complaint, the two were heard in the video discussing ways she could avoid criminal charges for hitting a mailbox.
Neither of the women were aware they were being recorded at the time, although the complaint states one of the women said she allowed Steffen to record her with his phone. Comments This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Dane County judge appointing special prosecutor to investigate dog breeding facility. In Wisconsin, justice is getting somewhat speedier as court backlogs ease. Ex public defender, retired judge among 6 charged in Milwaukee County prostitution investigation.
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