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Trial gets under way in boyfriend’s homicide
CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A Chippewa County sheriff’s deputy has testified that he stopped a man from strangling his former girlfriend after the man shot and killed her new boyfriend. Deputy Raymond Duncan testified in William Vollbrecht’s homicide trial Monday in Chippewa County Circuit Court. Vollbrecht is accused of killing Christopher Farmer in May […]
Milwaukee man charged in salvage yard killing
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man who lives in a Milwaukee scrap yard has been charged with killing a 16-year-old who was stealing parts. David Helton is charged with first-degree reckless homicide. According to a criminal complaint filed Friday, the 53-year-old said he heard noise outside his trailer at H & R Scrap Metals and went […]
Homicide suspect could face more charges
MANITOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A northeastern Wisconsin man accused of killing his wife could face more charges. Ambrose Greaves is accused of stabbing Miki Greaves three times, including a fatal wound to her heart. Hunters found her partially-nude body in Cooperstown in November 2009. In a news release, the Manitowoc County sheriff’s department says the […]
Woman to stand trial after toddler drowns
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A 28-year-old Omro woman whose toddler was found drowned in a submerged SUV will stand trial next month on three charges. Prosecutors say Kayla Westenberger drove her SUV into the water at a boat landing in October with her 8-month-old son buckled in a car seat. His body was found in […]
Teen charged in death of good Samaritan
MILWAUKEE (AP) — An 18-year-old Brookfield woman has been charged with homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle in the death of a Milwaukee man who had rushed to the aid of a pedestrian. The victim was 30-year-old Mark Grabowski, one of several people helping a pedestrian who had been knocked down in the street […]
Parents convicted in prayer death want new trials
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin parents convicted of using prayer instead of conventional medicine to try to heal their dying daughter will ask a judge for new trials. Documents filed by their appeal attorneys say Dale and Leilani Neumann did not have adequate legal representation during their original trials. The two were found guilty […]
Contributing to child’s death not homicide
Contributing to the delinquency of a minor, causing death, is not a "homicide."
As a result, the Wisconsin Supreme Court held on Nov. 17, it does not run afoul of sec. 939.66 to convict a defendant of both that offense and the Len Bias law (homicide by delivery of a controlled substance.).
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