Former Altoona school superintendent sentenced to eight years prison for possessing child pornography

MADISON – Daniel Peggs, 34, of Altoona was sentenced by Chief U.S. District Judge James D. Peterson to 96 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography, followed by 10 years of supervised release.

The case came to light when, in January 2019, a 20-year-old woman came forward and reported that she had been the victim of sexual exploitation by several men when she was 17. The investigation by the Wisconsin Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security revealed that the victim met 37-year-old Bryan Ragon at a renaissance festival in Minnesota in September 2015. Ragon returned to his home in North Carolina and the minor returned to Wisconsin.