The child pornography charges filed against Todd Grimm of Menasha in Winnebago County were dismissed Dec. 3 after a sentencing was set in the federal child pornography case against him.
Grimm, 57, was charged May 16 in Winnebago County with five counts of possessing child pornography. He was indicted June 17 by a federal grand jury on three counts of receiving child pornography and pleaded guilty Oct. 14 to one of the charges.
Winnebago County Assistant District Attorney Amanda Nash asked Dec. 2 to dismiss the state charges against Grimm, stating “there is no need to pursue” the charges further given Grimm’s federal plea and anticipated sentencing. Circuit Court Judge Scott Woldt ordered the dismissal Dec. 3.
Grimm is scheduled to return to federal court Jan. 29 for sentencing, where he faces a minimum sentence of five years in prison and a maximum of 20 years, according to his plea agreement.
In August, additional state charges of first-degree child sexual assault, incest and child enticement were filed against Grimm in Waupaca County. The charges stemmed from two sexual assaults reported in May by relatives of Grimm. One occurred between 1979 and 1982 and the other occurred in 2002, according to criminal complaints.
Grimm pleaded no contest Nov. 6 to one count of child enticement-sexual contact and one count of enticing a child for immoral purposes. He returns to court Dec. 23 to be sentenced in the Waupaca County case.
What led to Grimm’s federal charges?
In April 2025, the Menasha Police Department received a cyber tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children alleging child sexual abuse material had been uploaded from a local IP address, according to Grimm’s plea agreement. Investigators executed a search warrant at Grimm’s home in connection to the tip.
During a search of the home, investigators found a flash drive containing over 12,500 images of child sexual abuse material, the agreement said. The flash drive also contained stories Grimm had written “involving the sexual abuse of children by a male adult,” according to the agreement.
After the search warrant was executed, Grimm and his wife went to the police station, where Grimm confessed that he had been knowingly receiving, viewing and collecting child sexual abuse material images from the dark web, the agreement said.
Vivian Barrett is the public safety reporter for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. You can reach her at vmbarrett@usatodayco.com or (920) 431-8314.
This article originally appeared on Appleton Post-Crescent: Menasha man’s state child pornography charges dismissed following federal plea
Reporting by Vivian Barrett, Green Bay Press-Gazette / Appleton Post-Crescent
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