Sex Crimes — Janesville, WI — reported 2026-07-15
SUMMARY
A man was sentenced to an additional 25 years in prison for a 1999 sexual assault at a Janesville mall parking lot.
KEY FACTS
- Incident type: Sex Crimes
- Location: Janesville, WI
- Date reported: 2026-07-15
- Suspect: male, age 57
- Victim(s): 1 (16-year-old girl)
- Status: arrest/charge/investigation status: arrested and charged, pleaded guilty, sentenced
REPORTED DETAILS
- John E. W. Carter was identified through DNA evidence more than 20 years after the crime.
- Carter held a 16-year-old girl at gunpoint in the Janesville Mall parking lot and forced her to perform sexual acts on him in December 1999.
- The victim reported the crime to the Janesville Police Department, who collected Carter's DNA.
- Carter was arrested in 2021 and charged for the gunpoint sexual assault.
- He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to an additional 25 years in prison.