A woman who saw our Patch story on Racine Uncovered alerted police to James Eckhoff being at the Riverside Inn on Northwestern Avenue.
James Eckhoff is in custody in the Racine County Jail and is expected to be transported to St. Croix County to face five felony counts of sexual assault of a child. He is wanted in Hudson for allegedly assaulting a 14-year-old girl on multiple occasions. Eckhoff also has a warrant out for his arrest in Kenosha County issued June 15, 2012 for battery and disorderly conduct. His address on that record is listed as the 1100 block of Sheridan Road in Kenosha. Court records indicate he lived on Mt. Pleasant Street in Racine as recently as 2010. Racine Uncovered broke the news Friday that Eckhoff has been apprehended. Police were notified after a tipster thought he might be at the Riverside Inn on Northwestern Avenue. That person is Jackie …
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A warrant has been issued for a former Racine resident charged with multiple sexual assaults of a 14-year-old Hudson girl in upstate St. Croix County.
A former resident of Racine who has lived in Hudson on-and-off over the past several months has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault of a child under 16 years of age. Hudson is located on the Wisconsin side of the Mississippi near Minneapolis, MN. James M. Eckhoff, 49, is wanted by authorities and faces five felony sexual assault of a child charges stemming from multiple encounters with a 14-year-old girl where he lived, according to a criminal complaint filed Jan. 9. Court records indicate Eckhoff lived in the 1900 block of Mt. Pleasant Street in Racine as recently as 2010 when he plead guilty to a single charge of Operating Under the Influence (first offense). Now, he faces four felony counts of 2nd degree sexual assault …
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9:43 am on Sunday, January 20, 2013
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