By LeAnn R. Ralph
MENOMONIE — A jury trial has been scheduled next year in Dunn County Circuit Court for a Bloomer man charged with two felony counts of the repeated sexual assault of the same child in the Village of Colfax.
Timothy L. Klich, age 40, appeared in court September 1, along with his attorney Laura Megan Coss, for an oral ruling on a motion hearing before Judge James Peterson.
Klich is charged with two Class B felonies of first degree sexual assault having sexual contact or sexual intercourse with a person under the age of 13.
Judge Peterson said he had reviewed the video of a child 7 1/2 years old at the time of the interview, and the video appeared to be accurate, according to on-line court records
The judge also reviewed the video of another child who was nine years old at the time, and that also appears to be accurate. A second video of the same child that has some sound distortion also appears to be accurate.
Audiovisual statements are admissible at trial, Judge Peterson said.
A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for February 21, 2025, and a three-day trial is scheduled in March of 2025.
According to the criminal complaint, during a forensic interview at the Child Advocacy Center in Eau Claire, one of alleged victims said she was six years old when Klich had allegedly sexually assaulted the girl with his hand. The girl also said that one time, Klich had taken her hand and “had me touch his private.”
When asked how many times the touching had occurred, the girl said it was more than one time, but she did not know how many times — “either in the ones or the teens.”
The criminal complaint states that the alleged victim was between five years old and seven years old at the time of the alleged assaults.
The repeated sexual assault of a child is a Class B felony that, upon conviction, carries a possible penalty of up to 60 years in prison.
