Ex-swim coach sentenced to 20 years on sex abuse charge

Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 6:09 p.m.
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Kevin E. Martens sentenced former West Allis swim coach Daniel Acker to 20 years in prison Friday morning, calling the convicted child molester "a parent's worst nightmare."During an interview with a Department of Corrections official before his sentencing, Acker said he had amassed some 20 victims since the 1970s. All were boys ranging in age from 10 to 17.Acker told the interviewer he would never hurt a child. Acker said he touched the boys sexually in gratitude for their friendship, and they never said no, according to the pre-sentence report, which Martens quoted from during he hearing.


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