Judge grants Sebena parole eligibility
A former Marine who shot and killed his Wauwatosa police officer wife on Christmas Eve will be eligible for parole in 35 years, a Milwaukee County judge ruled Friday.
Veteran who killed cop wife seeks leniency
An Iraq war veteran will be sentenced to life in prison for killing his wife while she was taking a break during her overnight patrol shift for Wauwatosa's police department, but he's hoping to one day be eligible for parole.
Judge: Suspect’s comments to police won’t be tossed (UPDATE)
A Milwaukee County judge says police who investigated an officer's shooting were justified in not immediately reading Miranda rights to the officer's husband because he didn't become a suspect until later.
Husband charged in officer’s death in court
A state-hired psychiatrist has decided that an Iraq War veteran was not suffering from a mental disease when he allegedly killed his wife while she was on duty as a suburban Milwaukee police officer.
Wisconsin police officer to be honored in memorial
A nonprofit group voted unanimously Wednesday to add the name of a Milwaukee-area police officer to a national memorial honoring officers killed in the line of duty.
Memorial group delays decision on Wis. officer
A nonprofit group has delayed a final decision on whether to add the name of a fallen Wisconsin police officer to its Washington, D.C., memorial.
AG wants fallen Wauwatosa officer’s name on DC memorial (UPDATE)
A Wisconsin official on Wednesday asked a nonprofit group to reconsider its decision to omit the name of a fallen police officer from its Washington, D.C., memorial because the slaying was believed to be an act of domestic violence.
Cop’s husband pleads insanity in her death
An Iraq War veteran charged with fatally shooting his wife, a suburban Milwaukee police officer, while she was on duty on Christmas Eve 2012 entered an insanity plea Friday.
Man pleads not guilty to killing police wife (UPDATE)
An Iraq War veteran charged with killing his wife, a suburban Milwaukee police officer, on Christmas Eve pleaded not guilty Thursday during a brief hearing that provided no hint of the defense his attorney plans to mount.
Iraq vet accused in officer’s death waives hearing (UPDATE)
A decorated Iraq War veteran and self-described jealous husband waived his preliminary hearing Thursday on charges that he fatally shot his wife, a suburban Milwaukee police officer.
Legal News
- Wisconsin law requires vehicles to stay back from a working snowplow
- Jan. 6 suits can proceed
- House Expulsion of Santos marks sixth in chamber’s history
- PIP, SSI benefits cases to be heard during December arguments
- Court: City violated order in dispute over fire departments
- Judge bars media cameras in slayings case, but the court will livestream
- $2 million awarded by Federal jury for MPD excessive force, officers’ failure to intervene
- Wisconsin Attorney General joins multistate Amicus Brief to uphold laws restricting gun magazine capacity
- Lawyer with ties to Brookfield, Wis. sentenced to four Years in Federal Prison
- Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93
- Gov. Evers appoints Toni L. Young to the Racine County Circuit Court
- Gov. Evers appoints Frank Gagliardi to the Kenosha County Circuit Court
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