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A joint investigation of the City of Milwaukee Police Department Human Trafficking Task Force and Sworn Law Enforcement Investigators with the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office has been concluded. It revealed a large network of crime, misconduct and prostitution.
Last Thursday, a lawyer named Travis C. Schwantes was charged with multiple crimes. Within his criminal complaint, Easton is also mentioned as being a frequent solicitor of prostitutes. Easton served as the Pleasant Prairie Municipal Judge for more than 26 years. He was also ironically on the sex offender placement committee.
Today, Easton was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with one misdemeanor count of Solicitation/Pandering a Prostitute. He faces a maximum sentence of nine months in jail, a $10,000 fine, or both. He is due in court with several other co-actors on December 20, 2024 at 1:15 p.m. Multiple sources have told KCE that Easton has been involved with prostitutes for more than a decade.
According to the criminal complaint from another co-actor:
On September 3, 2024, law enforcement interviewed [George Easton] regarding his involvement with VICTIM 1 and prostitution at his home. During the interview at [Easton]’s home law enforcement noted various decorations that indicated [Easton] had occupied a role as a judicial figure. [Easton] was shown photographs of the victim and stated that he recognized them. He also recognized the name, that she used as a nickname. He acknowledged that he paid her about $200.00 per hour to engage in acts of prostitution. [Easton] also had sex with other women when his wife was away in Florida. [Easton] stated that he would discover the woman by browsing through websites where they advertised. Regarding the victim, [Easton] paid cash and hired the victim multiple times beginning in 2021 and ending in 2022. [Easton] would request her to come to his residence to perform these acts.
Based on the statements of the victim and the evidence discovered as a result of the arrest of [Easton], he engaged in approximately six acts soliciting of nonmarital sexual gratification or intercourse during 2020 through 2023 with the victim who was contacted at 2936 W Kilbourn in the City and County of Milwaukee Wisconsin and his own residence in the 6700 block of 105th St. in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
[Easton] was included in the photo array because of the victims description of a “retired municipal judge” resulted in a LinkedIn page, titled: [George Easton] – Retired judge – Self-Employed”. The victim described the Judge being named, [George] with pocked marked face and gray hair combed over, who lives in a town house, near Racine, with garage doors in the middle.
The victim identified him as the Judge. she stated that she used to drive to the Judge’s house when his wife was in Florida. She knew this customer was a Judge because affixed to the wall inside the house was a plaque that identified his occupation. She stated that during the visits, the Judge wanted to role play. The Judge regularly paid her $300.00 cash for two (2) hours of service for her sexual services. She added that the Judge would text her phone a lot, rambling on with his messages. She last saw the Judge in 2023, making the total number of sessions with him around six (6) times. During these, she would not have to get undressed at all.
Easton’s two children are also attorneys. Michael Easton is the City of Kenosha Municipal Judge and his other son, Joseph, is a lawyer in Florida.
4 Responses
“Easton has been involved with prosecutors for more than a decade” – Well, he was a judge….
who cares what consenting adults do together 🥱
Some of the descriptions of his conduct had a Clintoneque ring to it. But Slick Willie got away with it.
Kevin, you failed to identify his brother in law. Is it that retired mayors are no longer newsworthy?