Annie Pulley
Across two cases, Kite faced 47 charges. Twenty-six of the charges were dismissed but read into the court’s record.
Kite pleaded guilty to nine charges of possessing child pornography; 10 charges of child sexual exploitation; and one count of exposing his genitals/pubic area/intimate parts to a child. Kite also pleaded guilty to a bestiality charge.
Multiple RCSO staffers, including a RCSO child pornography investigator, watched from the gallery as Kite made his pleas.
According to previous Journal Times reports, Kite worked for RCSO for about five years.
At the time of his arrest on Feb. 3, Kite was removed from duty and placed on unpaid administrative leave. His disciplinary process was completed Feb. 8, and he was terminated, according to previous reports.
The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department led the investigation, and a special prosecutor from Kenosha County appeared in the Racine County Circuit Court on Friday to represent the state’s case.
Kite is scheduled to appear for a sentencing hearing Feb. 28.
The investigation
According to previous reporting, Kite was arrested Feb. 3 after being accused of exposing himself to a man in a public restroom while on duty and in uniform.
Investigators later searched Kite’s phone and reportedly found child sexual abuse material.
Kite also had reportedly exchanged four videos with another person that included abusive, sexual depictions of a young boy.
Kite reportedly sent that individual a link to a video titled “When cops realize their colleague is a P*do.”
Law enforcement searched Kite’s phone a second time on Feb. 6; his home also was searched.
On Kite’s iPad, investigators reportedly found text messages between Kite and an individual referencing sexual contact with animals. In the messages, Kite reportedly admitted to engaging in sexual activity with multiple animals.
After the initial charges were filed, another individual reportedly contacted detectives and said that Kite babysat the individual’s 9-year-old son.
When the child was interviewed Feb. 13 and asked whether Kite did anything the child did not like, the boy reportedly said, “Yeah. But I don’t want to talk about it.”
A week later, the boy reportedly told his parent he was ready to talk about the incident.
The boy reportedly said that Kite was in the bathroom and asked for toilet paper. The child reportedly told investigators that he walked in, saw Kite’s genitals and said it felt “weird.”
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