WAUKESHA - A jury found a convicted sex offender to be a sexual predator, requiring indefinite secure commitment, because he told a parole agent he still had fantasies about the children he saw on television or watched at places like the public library. Michael Monyelle's statements had prompted authorities to revoke his parole and led to the two-day trial that ended Thursday when the jury in Waukesha County Circuit Court found him to be a sexually violent person under the sex predator law. Monyelle, 30, faces a commitment that could be lengthy, possibly lasting the rest of his life. His lawyer Steven Prifogle said the case was not based on crimes but on his client's statements. "He didn't commit any crimes while he was out," Prifogle said. "This whole process got started after he told them what he was thinking." He suggested the verdict could cause sex offenders in the community to stop cooperating with those who supervise and treat them. But Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Gabrysiak, who prosecuted the case, told the jury Monyelle "has a problem and his problem needs to be addressed." Gabrysiak said the thoughts that landed Monyelle in trouble were only shared after he was confronted about violating an aspect of his parole and asked about his sexual thoughts. "He only volunteered his thoughts when he was asked," Gabrysiak told the jury. "Either he volunteered this information because he was confronted or it was a cry for help." Wisconsin's sex predator law was enacted 13 years ago. According to court records: -- Monyelle was placed on 10 years probation in 1997 on two counts of second-degree sexual assault of a child regarding relationships he had with two girls, one 16 and the other 14, who were underage but considered him as a boyfriend. -- His probation was revoked and he was sent to prison in 1999 for inadequate participation in a treatment program. -- He was paroled in 2004 but required to participate in treatment. The following year he was taken into custody three times for having deviant thoughts about children that he failed to report to his treatment group and delayed reporting to his agent. -- He had his parole revoked in 2005 because of the thoughts and his visits to sites such as shopping malls where he encountered children. -- The petition for commitment as a sexually violent person was filed in April 2006 as he was nearing his release from prison. (Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)