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Sep 12, 2018

Man sentenced to 6 years in prison for 14th OWI

Wisconsin man has been sentenced to six years in prison after being convicted of his 14th drunken driving offense.

Sep 12, 2018

Court suspends Milwaukee attorney’s license for 18 months

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has suspended the license of a Milwaukee attorney convicted of stealing money from an estate and declined to make the suspension retroactive.

Sep 12, 2018

AG launches first ad, features sheriff under FBI probe

Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel is touting support from sheriffs in his first television ad, spotlighting an endorsement from a sheriff who came under FBI scrutiny.

Sep 11, 2018

Former Godfrey & Kahn lawyer faces 60-day suspension

A Waukesha County lawyer faces a 60-day suspension of his law license over three counts of alleged misconduct.

Sep 11, 2018

Labrador named Lucy saves Oregon man from sex conviction

The discovery of a black Labrador named Lucy led to the unraveling of a criminal case on Monday against an Oregon man who had begun serving a 50-year prison sentence.

Sep 11, 2018

Judge orders Wisconsin receiver to trial on assault charges (UPDATE)

A judge ordered Wisconsin the receiver Quintez Cephus to stand trial Tuesday on charges that he sexually assaulted two drunken women this spring, rejecting a motion from his attorneys to dismiss one of the counts alleging that the women weren't as impaired as investigators say.

Sep 11, 2018

Fleeing defendant who crashed plane facing more charges

A man who fled from deputies in his airplane before crashing into a Waupaca County cornfield is facing additional charges.

Sep 11, 2018

Monday deadline looms for claims in $75M Nassar settlement

By ED WHITE, Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Lawyers rushed to meet a Monday deadline to file lawsuits against Michigan State University to qualify for $75 million set aside for more victims of Larry Nassar. Dozens of lawsuits have been filed in the past week, including one on behalf of 21 Jane Does who said they […]

Sep 11, 2018

Judge’s son gets 10-year prison sentence in child porn case

The son of a Michigan appeals court judge has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.

Sep 11, 2018

US marks 9/11 with somber tributes, new monument to victims

Americans were commemorating 9/11 with somber tributes, volunteer projects and a new monument to victims Tuesday, after a year when two attacks demonstrated the enduring threat of terrorism in the nation's biggest city.

Sep 10, 2018

Prosecutor: Collaboration central to fighting human trafficking

Prosecutors from Cambodia, Malaysia and Thailand may be thousands of miles away from prosecutors in Milwaukee, but all have of them have at least one scourge in common: human-trafficking. And although the cases undoubtedly vary in their facts, they also have similarities.

Sep 10, 2018

Schimel announces sex assault kit testing complete (UPDATE)

Attorney General Brad Schimel says the state Department of Justice has finished testing thousands of unanalyzed sexual-assault-evidence kits dating back to the 1980s.

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