Man accused of sexually assaulting boy in park bathroom is no-show in court

A Milwaukee man accused of sexually assaulting a preschooler in a park bathroom didn’t show up Friday morning for a scheduled court hearing because he is still in the hospital. Daniel Lee Mangert's mugshot shows him a neck brace after investigators said he jumped from a wall/cliff area in South Shore Park after the alleged attack last month in Humboldt Park. During a hearing Friday morning, the court heard all of the disturbing charges Mangert faces: first-degree child sexual assault intercourse with person under 12; child enticement, sexual contact; and exposing genitals, intimate parts to a child.According to the criminal complaint, Mangert performed a sex act on a 4-year-old boy in a bathroom stall at Humboldt Park. Police said the boy's mother was tending to another child who had gotten hurt. When her son didn't come out of the bathroom, she asked a man to check on her son in the bathroom, the complaint said. That's when Mangert came out of the bathroom and took off on a bike with several parkgoers chasing after him. Mangert's next court date is scheduled for Sept. 22. In 2005, prosecutors charged Mangert with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy. He pleaded guilty to a lesser crime: causing mental harm to a child.

A Milwaukee man accused of sexually assaulting a preschooler in a park bathroom didn’t show up Friday morning for a scheduled court hearing because he is still in the hospital.

Daniel Lee Mangert's mugshot shows him a neck brace after investigators said he jumped from a wall/cliff area in South Shore Park after the alleged attack last month in Humboldt Park.

During a hearing Friday morning, the court heard all of the disturbing charges Mangert faces: first-degree child sexual assault intercourse with person under 12; child enticement, sexual contact; and exposing genitals, intimate parts to a child.

According to the criminal complaint, Mangert performed a sex act on a 4-year-old boy in a bathroom stall at Humboldt Park.

Police said the boy's mother was tending to another child who had gotten hurt. When her son didn't come out of the bathroom, she asked a man to check on her son in the bathroom, the complaint said.

That's when Mangert came out of the bathroom and took off on a bike with several parkgoers chasing after him.

Mangert's next court date is scheduled for Sept. 22.

In 2005, prosecutors charged Mangert with sexually assaulting a 10-year-old boy. He pleaded guilty to a lesser crime: causing mental harm to a child.