Two Wausau brothers face felony cases after a 17-year-old told police they described themselves as Nazi extremists, talked about killing people and pressured her to use drugs. Bryan C. Wick, 27, and Tyler Christian Wick, 30, were taken into custody this week in separate but related Marathon County cases. The allegations against both men are detailed in a criminal complaint filed against Bryan Wick on Wednesday. The teenager told Wausau police she knew Bryan Wick through work and agreed July 11 to give him a ride home. She said she went inside the home he shared with Tyler Wick, where the conversation quickly turned to extremist beliefs. According to the complaint, the teenager said the brothers told her they were Nazi extremists and talked about killing non-Christians. Later in the encounter, the complaint says Tyler Wick told the teenager he was going to kill 150 Black men with a rope. She also told police he showed her videos of people being killed and laughed as she became visibly upset. Bryan Wick eventually told his brother to stop scaring her, according to the complaint.
Police also reviewed a Snapchat account the teenager identified as Bryan Wick’s. An officer described the account as containing Nazi imagery and antisemitic material, including a profile photo showing a masked person making what appeared to be a Nazi salute. The officer also described a video in which a masked person appearing to be Bryan Wick criticized Jewish people and another showing a similarly dressed person interacting with a law enforcement officer. Police noted that the latter video could have corresponded with Bryan Wick’s arrest during a March protest in Marathon County. The complaint does not say police definitively established that Wick was the masked person in each video. (…) She said Tyler Wick showed her what he described as marijuana and that the brothers later offered her a vape that smelled like marijuana. The teenager told police she initially refused to use it but eventually gave in after being asked repeatedly. She also described a smoking device containing what appeared to be marijuana and an unidentified white powder. (…)
Bryan Wick faces seven counts, including child enticement involving drugs, exposing a child to harmful material, delivery of THC, felony bail jumping, disorderly conduct, possession of THC and misdemeanor bail jumping. The most serious count, child enticement, is a Class D felony punishable by up to 25 years in prison, a fine of up to $100,000 or both. Prosecutors allege Bryan Wick caused the teenager to enter the home with the intent of providing her a controlled substance. The bail-jumping allegations stem from criminal cases already pending against Bryan Wick when the July encounter occurred. Court records cited in the complaint show he had been released under conditions that included committing no new crimes. Tyler Wick faces felony counts of possessing a firearm while subject to a domestic abuse or child abuse injunction and maintaining a drug trafficking place, along with a misdemeanor count of possessing THC. At their initial court appearances Wednesday, Bryan Wick’s cash bond was set at $30,000 and Tyler Wick’s at $10,000. Both were ordered to have no contact with the teenager or her family and not to possess weapons or controlled substances. Tyler Wick also was ordered not to possess or consume alcohol.
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