
A St Joseph firefighter is being held without bail in the Buchanan County Jail charged with arranging to meet a 15 year old for sex.
A complaint filed Thursday charges Jeremy Wigchert with Attempted Rape in the First Degree. A judge ruled Wigchert presents a danger to the child victim and denied bail.
The St Joseph Fire Department placed Wigchert, 26, on administrative leave. Mr Wigchert is a resident of Kansas City, and has been with the department for about a year.
According to court documents, Mr Wigchert allegedly arranged to meet a 15-year-old for sex. The suspect allegedly used sexually-explicit emails to set up the meeting. The probable cause affidavit asserts that the suspect was “aware the child victim was 15.”
Online court documents do not yet reflect a scheduled first court appearance or a defense attorney in the case.
Wigchert, also was employed as a part-time LPN at Mosaic Life Care at Shoal Creek, Urgent Care. Since Mr. Wigchert was hired in April of 2015, Mosaic Life Care said it has received no indications or reports of misconduct during his employment with the organization.