Sex Offender Who Sent Nude Photos to Kids Arrested for Soliciting Nude Photos From Kids

     The story of Cody Kozicki is a long, twisted one. I've already highlighted how he had a long history of sending unsolicited explicit messages and images to high school and middle school girls but was allowed to remain in the school and stayed living at his mother's home due to an alleged "learning disability" that has nothing to do with being a sexual predator. I've already highlighted his continued use of TikTok and other social media platforms to lure more victims, his arrest after sending images to elementary school girls, his four counts of bond jumping for the aforementioned use of social media, his attorney deciding to withdraw from the case, his guilty plea to two felony charges, and his meager sentence of time served with probation.

     On his 20th birthday, I highlighted his arrest for what at the time was listed as merely a probation violation, a serious felony charge but one that is often resolved relatively quickly and gently. It took months, but he was denied bond and ultimately indicted on a felony charge of soliciting intimate representation from a minor as a repeater. This was not merely an arrest for violating the conditions of his supervised release (although this was used as the justification to detain him), but an arrest for trying to obtain lewd and lascivious images from another underaged girl. Just months after his slap on the wrist of a sentence, he was caught victimizing a child in a 180-degree different way.

     Being held without bond is far from the worst of Cody's legal woes. Because of his prior felony convictions just a year ago, he's been charged as a repeater. This means different things for different people depending on criminal history and the crime they are accused of. Cody is charged with a Class I felony, which ordinarily carries a maximum penalty of three years and six months (or 3.5 years, or 42 months) in prison. The repeater enhancer adds four years, meaning he is facing a maximum of seven years and six months (or 7.5 years, or 90 months) in prison. Outside of the courtroom, it appears his mother has finally kicked him out of the house: his last reported address was 1704 South Ashland Avenue in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

     This is well-deserved. His "learning disability" means nothing, especially to his dozens of underaged victims. It has no bearing on his being a predator; the only thing it MIGHT impact is his ability to understand that there are consequences for his actions. I apologize for possibly offending anyone with this next remark, but if any sort of alleged "disability" makes you unable to comprehend that soliciting children for sexual abuse material is wrong, then you don't deserve to be out on the streets. It shouldn't be up to the citizens of Wisconsin, particularly its children, to put up with the shortcomings of one individual. If he can't be trusted to stay out of trouble, then he should be someplace where he is prevented from doing so once his time in prison is up.

     Cody Kozicki has a plea hearing on January 20th. He is likely to plead guilty and learn his sentence on that date. If he does, we'll be the first to inform you. If not, then he will be headed to trial, after which we will also be the first to let the public know of a guilty or not guilty verdict. In the meantime, it's time to think beyond this monster; it's time to use his despicable acts as a roadmap for action. There is so much to change. We need to expand sex offender-free zones, enhance penalties for sex offenses (especially those often viewed as less serious, like child sexual abuse material and online solicitation), counter the human tendency toward sympathy for child predators in certain circumstances, and more. It's time to sweep the monsters out from under the bed.