\STATE OF WISCONSIN

CIRCUIT COURT
CRIMINAL DIVISION
f,

MILWAUKEE COUNTY

CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
STATE OF WISCONSIN

DA Case No.:2016ML001143
Plaintiff,

vs.

Complaining Witness*

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Court Case No.: I

Vlach, Erich L
15135 Arrowhead Place
Brookfield, Wl 53005
DOB: 09/28/1993
Defendant,

THE ABOVE NAMED COMPLAINING WITNESS BEING DULY SWORN, ON INFORMATION
AND BELIEF STATES THAT:
Count 1: SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT
The above-named defendant in or near the month of November, 2013, at 5699 N. Centerpark
Way, #525, in the City of Glendale, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, did have sexual contact with
GP, who the defendant knew was unconscious, contrary to sec. 940.225(2)(d), 939.50(3)(c)
Wis. Stats.
Upon conviction for this offense, a Class C Felony, the defendant may be fined not more than
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), or imprisoned not more than forty (40) years, or
both.

Count 2: SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT
The above-named defendant Between February 27th and March 1st, 2014, near 729 N. 11th
Street in the City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, did have sexual contact with
LW, who the defendant knew was unconscious, contrary to sec. 940.225(2)(d), 939.50(3)(c)
Wis. Stats.
Upon conviction for this offense, a Class C Felony, the defendant may be fined not more than
One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000), or imprisoned not more than forty (40) years, or
both.
Probable Cause:
Complainant is a law enforcement officer employed by the Glendale Police who makes this
complaint following a review of the records of said Police Department in this matter including
among other things the reports of Police Officer Brian Galbraith and Lt. Daniel Herlache of said
Department, Det. Ball and Det. Robert Krystowiak of the Marquette University Police
Department, containing the statements of GP and the admissions of the defendant, Erich Vlach.
Lt. Herlache reports that he is GP that she received a large document from the defendant which
included a handwritten portion signed by the defendant as a “mea culpa” in which he admitted
that he ‘‘briefly touched the breasts of a girl that I puked on the night before, as I was feeling so

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Erich LVIach, DOB: 09/28/1993

distraught after thinking that I had ruined any remaining chance I had with her. Based on the
way she moved, I thought she might have even noticed too.”
Det. Krystowiak reports that, in the course of investigating a separate woman’s complaint of the
defendant touching her breasts without her consent, her interviewed the defendant who
admitted that he had touched G.P.’s breasts while she was sleeping at her apartment in the
Bayshore Town Center, in approximately November of 2013. At a later point in the interview the
defendant clarified that this (and the other women he’d confessed to touching) was “skin on
skin.”
Lt. Herlache reports that he is informed by GP that she remembered the night the defendant
described in his letter, that he had thrown up and she had let him stay at her house, that she
had fallen asleep and later driven the defendant home. GP states that this happened at some
point during the winter of 2013 into 2014, and that she was living at 5699 N. Centerpark Way
#525 in Glendale, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. GP states that she was unaware, before
receiving the written confession, that the defendant had touched her breasts. GP states that the
defendant did not have permission to do so.
Det. Krystowiak reports that the defendant admitted to him that after a “furry convention”, he and
a woman named LW were in a parked vehicle near 729 N. 11th Street in Milwaukee County,
Wisconsin, that she was “passed out” unconscious in the car and he touched her breasts for 5­
10 minutes. The defendant admitted that he believed LW to be sexually active with others, so
he thought, “Why don’t I try? There’s no harm in it.” Det. Krystowiak reports that he determined
that the “furry convention” in question occurred between February 27 and March 1st, 2015.
Lt. Herlache reports that he spoke with LW who confirmed that she had attended the “furry
convention” with the defendant, and that she was very intoxicated when she left it and believes
she blacked out. LW states that because she was unconscious, she did not know that her
breasts had been touched by the defendant until she was contacted by authorities. LW states
that the defendant did not have permission to do so.

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End of Complaint ****

cribed and sworn to before me and approved for filing this jj^ day of January, 2016.

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Michael Schindnelm
Assistant District Attorney
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