After successfully pleading insanity while on trial for killing two police officers in 1975, a sane Wisconsin man who spent 38 years in a mental hospital learned Friday he'd be a free man within 10 days.

A man who's been institutionalized since killing two Waukesha County police officers as a teenager in 1975 could be freed next month, if state officials can find housing for him in a different county.

Assistant Attorney General Karie Cattanach has seen some disturbing things in her line of work, but it was a doctored photo of her 18-month-old daughter that shook her to the core.

A man who killed two Summit police officers nearly 40 years ago has won release from a Wisconsin mental hospital.

A Wauwatosa attorney facing felony gun charges claims the 20-year-old state law used to charge him is unconstitutional and the case should be dismissed.

Legislation to establish a pay progression plan for Wisconsin prosecutors is a signature away from becoming law, but absent financial backing from the state, it is little more than an empty promise.

On Aug. 27, Michael Fitzsimmons awoke at 2 a.m. to the sound of noises coming from his garage. It was dark out and Fitzsimmons walked outside to investigate. Upon entering his garage, Fitzsimmons was confronted by a man later identified as James Babe.

A Waukesha County judge Wednesday reinstated criminal proceedings against a 17-year-old boy accused of brutally killing his grandfather, Pewaukee developer Ron Siepmann.

OKAUCHEE, Wis. (AP) — Court records say the man shot to death by an Okauchee homeowner was unarmed. According to a search warrant affidavit, the homeowner told investigators he thought the intruder was armed when he fired the shots about 2 a.m. Saturday. But court records say 39-year-old James Babe IV was unarmed — although investigators believe he may have ...

A Waukesha judge Monday postponed a competency hearing for alleged murderer Richard Wilson because a new defense attorney is taking over the case.

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — A prosecutor says a dispute over drugs motivated a man to kill two men and dump their bodies in a Waukesha County lake. Chad Lurvey is on trial for the deaths of Brian Lazzaro of Mukwonago and Andrew Long of West Milwaukee. The bodies of the 25-year-old men were found in a private lake on Lurvey’s ...

The competency of the 17-year-old charged with murdering a Pewaukee developer still is in question after a brief hearing Thursday morning in Waukesha County Intake Court. The findings of a confidential competency examination performed on defendant Richard Wilson will be discussed during a June 2 court appearance before Judge William Domina. At that time, Domina is expected to rule on ...

Seventeen-year-old Richard Wilson was charged Tuesday in Waukesha County Circuit Court with first-degree intentional homicide of his grandfather, Ron Siepmann, a Pewaukee developer. If convicted, Wilson, a Fox Point resident, could be sentenced to life in prison. According to the criminal complaint, Martha Wilson — Richard Wilson’s mother and Siepmann’s daughter — found Siepmann, 78, dead in a shed on ...