Convicted child sex offender faces new charges

An Oconto man convicted of child sex assault nearly 20 years ago faces 21 new felony charges.

Bond was set at $250,000 cash Thursday for David J SanRoman, 44, Oconto, after he was charged with four counts of first-degree sexual assault of a child under age 12, four counts of causing a child younger than 13 to view or listen to a sex act, four counts of exposing himself to a child, two counts of repeated sexual assault of a child, three counts of bail jumping, and one count each of child enticement for sexual contact, witness intimidation, and second-degree sexual assault of a child, having to do with incidents involving pre-teen girls that date back as far as 2016.

SanRoman was already awaiting trial on a bail-jumping charge from a Jan. 17 incident, in which he was arrested after a domestic dispute with a woman with whom he was prohibited to have contact.

He had been charged with strangulation-suffocation, battery and disorderly conduct for a domestic abuse incident that occurred in April 2019, but a jury found him not guilty except for the misdemeanor disorderly conduct count. In March of this year, Judge Michael T. Judge placed SanRoman on one year of probation and ordered him to have no contact with the woman until the January case is resolved.

Judge authorized a warrant for SanRoman’s arrest Aug. 24 after he failed to appear for a final pre-trial conference. In addition to the 20 charges related to alleged abuse of young girls, SanRoman faces a count of felony bail jumping for his non-appearance.

During Thursday’s court appearance, Judge reaffirmed his order that SanRoman have no contact with the woman and also ruled that if he were to make bail, he can have no contact with anyone younger than age 18 and must maintain absolute sobriety, with no possession or consumption of alcohol or any controlled substance without a valid prescription.

Online court records indicate that in 2004 SanRoman pleaded no contest to second-degree sexual assault of a child and was sentenced to four years in prison followed by six years of extended supervision. He was sent back to prison in 2009 and 2012 after violating the conditions of his extended supervision, the online records show.

Judge adjourned SanRoman’s initial appearance on the new charges until Sept. 17. In the meantime he remains incarcerated in lieu of bond in the Oconto County Jail.