West Allis man charged with buying gun used to shoot officer

July 24, 2016 7:45 am Leave a comment

A West Allis man has been charged making false statements to a firearms dealer for allegedly buying the gun that was used in the shooting of a Milwaukee police officer.

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Jurors to try again after deadlock in 1990 homicide case

June 28, 2016 9:37 pm Leave a comment

Judge Sharpe discusses with the state and defense attorneys allowing the jury to go home for the day after a second day of deliberation Tuesday June 28, 2016 during the Dennis Brantner murder trial in a Fond du Lac County, Wis., court room. Brantner is being tried for the death of Berit Beck whose remains were discovered in a ditch north of Waupun in 1990. (Doug Raflik/The Reporter via AP)

Jurors will try again to reach a verdict after telling the judge they were deadlocked in the trial of a man accused of killing an 18-year-old Wisconsin woman in 1990.

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Prosecutor: Defendant in ’90 killing knew area

June 14, 2016 9:41 pm Leave a comment

Assisstant District Attorney Dennis Krueger gives opening statements in the Dennis Brantner trial in a courtroom in Fond du Lac County, Wis., Tuesday, June 14, 2016. Jurors heard opening statements Tuesday in the first-degree murder trial of 62-year-old Dennis Brantner in the death of 18-year-old Berit Beck in 1990. (Doug Raflik/The Reporter via AP)

The prosecutor says a man accused of killing an 18-year-old Wisconsin woman 26 years ago knew the area where her body was found.

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Milwaukee man charged in toddler’s death to stand trial

January 15, 2015 12:28 pm Leave a comment

The 21-year-old Milwaukee man charged in the shooting death of a toddler will stand trial.

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Man who shot cops to be released by Sept. 30 (UPDATE)

September 20, 2013 4:26 pm Leave a comment

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.

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Man who killed 2 cops in ’75 could go free

August 16, 2013 9:59 am Leave a comment

Alan A. Randall, left, talks with his defense attorney, Craig Powell, after a hearing in Waukesha, Wis., on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013, to determine the conditions of Randall's release from a mental institution, where he has been housed since he killed two police officers as a teenager in 1975. A jury concluded in April that Randall is no longer mentally ill and could be released, but the judge postponed his decision 30 days until state officials could find appropriate living conditions for him. (AP Photo/Dinesh Ramde)

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.

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Man who killed Summit police officers wins release

April 28, 2013 8:28 am Leave a comment

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

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Appeals court upholds ban on felons possessing guns (UPDATE)

April 11, 2012 2:50 pm Leave a comment

Wisconsin's ban on felons possessing firearms is constitutional and extends to all felons, including nonviolent ones, a state appeals court ruled Wednesday in a case involving a man convicted of forging checks.

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