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Car theft may have motivated fatal shooting
BELOIT, Wis. (AP) — Prosecutors say a car theft motivated a fatal shooting in Beloit. According to a criminal complaint, 28-year-old Evans Wiggins of shooting Shawn Bell numerous times Aug. 1 after the 25-year-old victim took off in Wiggins’ luxury car. It says Wiggins jumped in another vehicle and searched for Bell, eventually finding him. […]
Court appearance set for Monday in Ixonia homicide
JEFFERSON, Wis. (AP) — Two men accused in the death of a Jefferson County man whose body was found in a storage unit are scheduled to appear in court Monday. Fifty-one-year-old James Richardson and 19-year-old James Richards are charged with first-degree intentional homicide, hiding a corpse and theft in the disappearance and death of Beau […]
La Crosse Co. deputy facing felony is fired
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — A La Crosse County sheriff’s deputy involved in a fatal crash last summer has been fired. County Deputy Corporation Counsel David Lange said Deputy Trisha Stratman’s dismissal follows an internal investigation into the July 2010 crash that killed 16-year-old Brandon Jennings of Onalaska. Special prosecutors have charged Stratman with homicide […]
Man charged with killing mother in Outagamie Co.
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — A 34-year-old eastern Wisconsin man is charged with shooting his mother in the back of the head. Randal George Rosenthal, who lives in the Brillion area, was charged Friday with first-degree intentional homicide in Outagamie County. He’s accused of killing his 52-year-old mother, Kathleen Remter, of Forest Junction, while they were […]
Son arrested in mother’s death in Fox Valley
APPLETON, Wis. (AP) — The son of a woman found fatally shot in the Fox River has been arrested in her death. Outagamie County sheriff’s deputies arrested the 34-year-old man near his Brillion area home Wednesday afternoon. He faces a potential charge of first-degree intentional homicide. The body of the 52-year-old victim was found in […]
71-year-old sentenced in shooting over cigarettes
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A 71-year-old Milwaukee man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for fatally shooting his cousin over cigarettes. Orteal Tyler will be on 10 years of extended supervision after completing his prison sentence. Tyler pleaded guilty in May to first-degree reckless homicide in the death of 50-year-old Mark Anthony Chambers. He […]
Ixonia man charged in neighbor’s shooting death (UPDATE)
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A southeastern Wisconsin man stole his neighbor’s rifle and used it to kill him because of a dispute over their shared lawn, according to a criminal complaint. James T. Richardson, 51, was charged Monday in Jefferson County with one count of first-degree intentional homicide in the death […]
Court upholds conviction in jogger’s death
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state appeals court has refused to grant a new trial for a man convicted of killing a Kaukauna jogger in 2000. Kenneth Hudson of Little Chute was sentenced to life in prison in 2001 for stabbing 19-year-old Shanna Van Dyn Hoven while she was running near her home. Hudson raised […]
Wisconsin man convicted in 1973 Arizona murder
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — A federal jury has convicted a Wisconsin man in the 1973 killing of a Tucson woman who was the daughter of an FBI agent. Prosecutors say 57-year-old William Floyd Zamastil, of Waupan, was convicted Thursday of first-degree murder. He faces up to life in prison when he’s sentenced Oct .5. A […]
Man charged with killing 2 children in Madison
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A 28-year-old Madison man is charged with killing his girlfriend’s two young sons. According to the criminal complaint obtained by WISC-TV, David Hoem picked up 3-year-old Kemaury McArthur and 4-year-old Kevin McArthur from their father on July 5, saying he was taking them shopping, which was a regular occurrence. Police say […]
Oconto Falls man could get 6.5 years for killing friend
OCONTO FALLS, Wis. (AP) — An Oconto Falls man who was convicted of accidentally shooting and killing a friend could face 6½ years in prison. A jury found 20-year-old Jordan J. Walker guilty last week of homicide by negligent use of a weapon. He was acquitted of a more serious charge of reckless homicide. Walker […]
Man who hoped to kill Obama back in SD prison
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man accused of killing a Sioux Falls hospice nurse in her home and stealing her car is back behind bars in South Dakota. Forty-one-year-old James McVay waived his right to an extradition hearing in Wisconsin’s Dane County on Tuesday and was transported to the South Dakota State Penitentiary on […]
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