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Jury convicts man in fatal OD of college student in Mequon
Jurors on Wednesday convicted a Milwaukee man in the overdose death of a Concordia University student in Mequon.
TV actor Diamond gets 4 months jail for stabbing
Dustin Diamond, who played Screech on the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell," apologized Thursday for his part in a Wisconsin barroom stabbing before being sentenced to serve 4 months in jail.
Jury convicts TV actor Diamond of misdemeanors in stabbing
TV actor Dustin Diamond was convicted Friday of two misdemeanors stemming from a barroom fight, but a jury cleared the former "Saved by the Bell" actor of the most serious felony charge.
TV actor Diamond testifies he didn’t mean to stab man (UPDATE)
TV actor Dustin Diamond testified Friday that he didn't intentionally stab a man in a Christmas Day barroom scuffle and that other patrons had been harassing him and his girlfriend before the fight broke out.
Trial for sitcom actor Diamond comes to screeching halt
Dustin Diamond, the actor who portrayed Screech on the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell," went on trial Wednesday on charges that he stabbed a man during a confrontation at a bar, but the proceedings came to a screeching halt at the start after the prosecutor objected to a defense attorney's good luck message for his client.
Dueling motions filed in case against TV star ‘Screech’
Wisconsin prosecutors want to introduce evidence showing the actor who played Screech in the 1990s TV show "Saved by the Bell" threatened to stab someone in one bar before he allegedly stabbed another person at a different bar Christmas Day.
State’s Supreme Court upholds law allowing hearsay at prelim hearings
The Wisconsin Supreme Court upheld a law Wednesday allowing hearsay at preliminary hearings, a move defense attorneys said further weakens a defendant’s constitutional rights.
Bill seeks to improve attorney pay
The Assembly's judiciary committee heard a bill Thursday that would allow lawyers who are later hired as an assistant district attorney to count time spent as an elected official toward their pay scale.
Prosecutors face tough realities when deciding not to pursue a case
Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol’s job often makes him unpopular.
Critics dispute prosecutors’ need for co-sleeping bill
A bill that seeks to add another charge prosecutors can use for co-sleeping deaths already is getting pushback for a lack of clarity.
Long road ahead for proposed criminal code overhaul
A proposal to rewrite Wisconsin’s criminal code is drawing ire from some because of a clause that would eliminate preliminary hearings in felony cases.
Man acquitted after cop cites lapsed memory
A Mequon man has been acquitted of drunken driving because the officer who arrested him more than eight years ago acknowledged he no longer remembers key details of the case.
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