1-12-17 ripon man gets prison for possession of child porn

A Ripon man  convicted of child pornography is going to prison.   At a hearing Wednesday in Fond du Lac County Circuit Court, 43 year old Daniel Mattson pleaded no contest to three counts of possession of child pornography.  Seventeen counts of possession of child porn and three counts of  child sexual exploitation were dismissed and read into the record.  Judge Richard Nuss sentenced Mattson to five years in prison followed by  ten years of extended supervision.  Ripon police chief Dave Lukoski says the 43 year old Mattson was arrested in October after police executed a search warrant at his Metomen Street home.  According to a criminal complaint Ripon police received information from ICAC Data Systems,  which receives tips from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.