Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office squad car crashes into Shorewood home
Sheriff's officials said a detective was pursuing a wanted person when two squad cars collided, one hitting the front porch of a house.
Defense: Diabetes factor in fatal crash
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — The defense attorney for a man accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed his wife and daughter blames the defendant’s diabetes for the fatal wreck. The lawyer for Travis Ploman is trying to convince jurors in Marathon County that the defendant suffered a diabetic reaction before he lost control […]
No contest plea in Wis. crash that killed 3 Minn. students
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Iraq veteran has pleaded no contest to charges that he drove drunk and caused a Wisconsin crash that killed three University of Minnesota students. Thirty-two-year-old Bradley Erickson entered the plea Thursday to four felony charges, including three counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle. The crash occurred Oct. […]
Judge won’t reduce sentence in Oconomowoc crash
WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A Waukesha County judge has rejected a bid to reduce a man’s 30-year prison sentence for driving under the influence of prescription drugs in 2008 and killing a pregnant woman and her daughter. Mark M. Benson argued that Judge J. Mac Davis relied on inaccurate information when in 2009 he sentenced […]
Charges filed in collision that killed Black River Falls man
GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — A driver has been charged with vehicular homicide in a Great Falls vehicle collision that killed a 23-year-old Wisconsin man. Charging documents from the Cascade County Attorney’s Office say that 29-year-old Loren Joseph Spottedeagle seemed intoxicated after the Saturday crash that killed Jason Jowett of Black River Falls, Wis. Jowett […]
Woman accused of texting in fatal Madison crash
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 20-year-old woman is accused of writing a text message before she struck and killed a University of Wisconsin-Madison student whose car had become disabled. The Wisconsin State Journal reports that Stephanie Kanoff, of Sun Prairie, is charged with homicide by negligent driving for the Oct. 24 death of 21-year-old Dylan […]
Accused drunken driver in fatal crash in custody
JANESVILLE, Wis. (AP) — The man who disappeared from the hospital after he was accused of driving drunk and causing a crash that killed two people has been found in Janesville. Police say they got a tip on the whereabouts of 21-year-old Omar Tavizon-Ramos and arrested him at an apartment Wednesday afternoon. Tavizon-Ramos disappeared from […]
Complaint: Man intended hit-run near Minn. campus (UPDATE)
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man became so enraged after an argument in a bar near the University of Minnesota that he purposely drove onto a sidewalk and plowed into a group of pedestrians, later telling a witness that he intended to kill three people and “had no remorse,” according to […]
Deputy pleads not guilty in fatal July crash
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A La Crosse County sheriff’s deputy has pleaded not guilty in a crash that killed a 16-year-old boy last summer. Deputy Trisha Stratman is charged with homicide by negligent operation of a motor vehicle, a felony. According to the Wisconsin attorney general’s office, Stratman entered her not-guilty plea and was […]
Teen sentenced in fatal wrong way crash
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison-area teenager has been sentenced to 3-1/2 years in prison for driving drunk in the wrong highway lane and causing a crash that killed a woman and seriously injured her boyfriend. Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi said 18-year-old Nathan Zander made a series of bad decisions that led to the […]
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