Man arrested on child pornography charges

  • Location

    1000 block of Spaight St.
    Madison, WI 53703
  • Incident Date

  • Incident Type

    Miscellaneous Sex Offense
  • Case ID

    2026-038039
  • Arrested

    David Fawcett, 58

43.0795602, -89.3660304

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Incident Details

The City of Madison Police Department received a case referral from Texas law enforcement related to a 58-year-old Madison man communicating online with a female juvenile in Texas.  

Based on the information from Texas law enforcement and additional investigation, members of the Madison Police Department's Special Victims Unit, along with the Special Weapons and Tactics unit, Gang and Neighborhood Crime Abatement Team and the Wisconsin Department of Justice Division of Criminal Investigations served a search warrant at a home along the 1000 block of Spaight St. 

David Fawcett, 58, of Madison was arrested and booked in the Dane County Jail on Wednesday on possession of child pornography and sexual exploitation. 

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