21-year-old Emilio Arner-Ortiz Sentenced To More Than 30 Years In Prison For Sexual Assault Of A 13-year-old Boy From Illinois

Arner-Ortiz had an online relationship with a 13-year-old boy from Illinois and went to pick him up, then brought him to Milwaukee in Wisconsin and sexually assaulted him.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 14, 2026

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, a Milwaukee County judge sentenced Emilio Arner-Ortiz, 21, to more than 30 years in prison, but must serve 15 years in prison and 9 months in thr House of Corrections, and 15 years of supervision, including a lifetime registration as a child sex offender in Wisconsin.

In a plea agreement, Arner-Ortiz pleaded no contest to one felony count for using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime (sentenced to 14 years in prison, must serve 7 years in prison and 7 years of supervision), pleaded guilty to one felony for 2nd-degree sexual assault of a child (sentenced to 16 years in prison, must serve 8 years in prison and 8 years of supervision), pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count for pointing a gun at a person (sentenced to 9 months in the Milwaukee County House of Corrections), according to Milwaukee County court records.

According to the criminal complaint, Arner-Ortiz allegedly used a computer to chat with a 13-year-old old boy from Illinois for at least three years. He drove to Alsip, Illinois on November 7, 2024, to picked up the boy and then returned to Milwaukee where he engaged in sex with the boy. 

The boy's father on November 7, 2024 noticed around 3:00 a.m. that his son was not at home. His father then checked the boy's laptop and noticed that his son was chatting in the DISCORT app with a person called "Tres", according to police.

The parents filed a missing person report with Illinois police in the Village of Alsip.

Milwaukee police later located the boy at a McDonald's Restaurant on S. 6 Street and W. Oklahoma Ave. in the Southside of Milwaukee.  The boy's mother came to Milwaukee to pick up the boy. The boy told his parents that Arner-Ortiz was his boyfriend, and that he was 16. The mother later discovered that Arner-Ortiz was 19.

When interviewed, the boy told Alsip police in Illinois that he had ran away from home with his 16-year-old boyfriend from Milwaukee, and that he had sex with the boyfriend in Milwaukee.