Man Banned From the Internet Gets Busted at Music Festival
A music festival fake-ID check unravels into a felony case when police discover a sex-offender-on-bond is carrying two internet-connected phones, hundreds of explicit images, and is actively following a trafficking victim's TikTok account — charges he ultimately beats.
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Out of the 13,768 images and 694 videos found on his phone, hundreds depicted explicit content, including six images containing assault material.”
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A body-camera video from the Country Boom Music Festival in La Crosse County, Wisconsin, on July 10th, 2025, follows deputies who discover a fake Michigan driver's license for 20-year-old Ethan Oins in a stack of IDs taken from underage festivalgoers. Because Ethan was already known to law enforcement from an August 2024 case involving explicit content and trafficking charges, finding his fake ID near underage girls immediately raises alarms.
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Out of the 13,768 images and 694 videos found on his phone, hundreds depicted explicit content, including six images containing assault material.
The phone's contents reveal the scale and severity of what officers discovered, anchoring why his media activity was the investigation's focus.
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media activity, in particular, his phone's gallery. >> All right, we'll step out. All right. Sit in here. Got a seat. >> Can you loosen this up? >> Turn. Turn away. Turn to face me or turn away. Sorry. Face away from me. Excuse me. >> Is that better? All right. Have a seat. Out of the 13,768 images and 694 videos found on his phone, hundreds depicted explicit content, including six images containing assault material and images of females. >> I'm still confused on how I resisted. I all I did was ask him to take his hands off me.
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Ethan had been following the TikTok account of a victim involved in the August trafficking case and was receiving 11 email notifications whenever new content was posted — despite a no-contact order.
Active contact with a trafficking victim despite a court order shows deliberate, ongoing violation rather than accidental non-compliance.
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with two girls. He's not supposed to have at the age had anybody the age of 18. So I went to go talk to the girls to see how old they were and then they started fighting. So I ran over and then we >> Yeah. In fact, his internet activity between June and July 2025 revealed that Ethan had been following the account of a involved in the August trafficking case despite having been issued a no contact order. His search history showed that he had followed the on Tik Tok and was receiving 11 email notifications whenever new content was posted to the account.
Ethan had been following the TikTok account of a victim involved in the August trafficking case despite having been issued a no contact order. His search history showed that he had followed the on Tik Tok and was receiving 11 email notifications whenever new content was posted — despite a no-contact order.
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He used a cell phone with internet access just hours after his release on bond in March 2025 — the condition he had been banned from violating.
Violating the internet ban within hours of release establishes that the felony bail-jumping charges were triggered almost immediately upon freedom.
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I can get a fingerprint from him later then. Okay, >> keep that. >> Yeah, I will. All right, I'll get him out of here. >> Thanks. >> Supposed to be the kind of gentleman I was really trying. >> It turns out after he was released on bond in March 2025 for the August 2024 case, Ethan used a cell phone with internet access just hours after his release. Between June and July 2025, forensic investigators found several online searches and multiple email accounts associated with the phone, immediately earning him felony bail jumping charges for violating the
bond in March 2025 for the August 2024 case, Ethan He used a cell phone with internet access just hours after his release on bond in March 2025 — the condition he had been banned from violating.
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Although he was convicted of felony trafficking and bail jumping, all charges stemming from the July 2025 incident were dismissed; his sentence was withheld and he was placed on 5 years of probation.
The outcome resolves the legal arc: convictions on the core charges, but the festival arrest's charges collapsed, replaced by probation instead of prison.
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soon released on a $1,000 cash bond with conditions to not possess devices capable of accessing the internet. At sentencing, the case was considered alongside four others. Although he was convicted of felony trafficking a party to a crime and bail jumping, all charges stemming from the July 2025 incident were dismissed. Eventually, his sentence was withheld and he was placed on 5 years of probation. Gh. He is also required to register as a sex offender for 15 years. Hi everyone, Donut here. The Lacrosse Wisconsin Cinematic
Although he was convicted of felony trafficking a party to a crime and bail jumping, all charges stemming from the July 2025 incident were dismissed; Eventually, his sentence was withheld and he was placed on 5 years of probation.
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He is also required to register as a sex offender for 15 years.
The sex-offender registry requirement adds a long-term consequence extending well beyond the 5-year probation term already handed down.
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alongside four others. Although he was convicted of felony trafficking a party to a crime and bail jumping, all charges stemming from the July 2025 incident were dismissed. Eventually, his sentence was withheld and he was placed on 5 years of probation. Gh. He is also required to register as a sex offender for 15 years. Hi everyone, Donut here. The Lacrosse Wisconsin Cinematic Universe keeps expanding and introducing us to more and more interesting characters. This started off as one of the most honest college students I've
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