Ex-Milwaukee officer sentenced to 3 years for sex crimes

February 21, 2018 9:49 am Leave a comment

The former Milwaukee police officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown appears in Milwaukee County Court in June in Milwaukee. Heaggan-Brown, who was acquitted of fatally shooting a black man, sparking two nights of riots, pleaded guilty on Thursday to lesser charges in sexual assault cases that had gotten him fired. (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP, Pool, File)

A former Milwaukee police officer who was acquitted last year in a fatal shooting that sparked two nights of riots will serve three years in prison for unrelated sex crimes.

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Deliberations in Milwaukee police shooting enter second day

June 21, 2017 7:29 am Leave a comment

Jury deliberations have entered a second day in the trial of a former Milwaukee police officer who fatally shot a black man after a foot chase last year, igniting riots in the predominantly African-American neighborhood where it happened.

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Milwaukee prosecutor: Ex-officer shot man ‘point blank’

June 13, 2017 1:55 pm Leave a comment

Dominique Heaggan-Brown, center, with defense attorneys Steven Kohn, left, and Jonathan Smith, appears in court as Milwaukee District Attorney John Chisholm presents his opening statement for the trial of Heaggan-Brown in Milwaukee on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Chisholm, who charged Heaggan-Brown, a former Milwaukee police officer with killing a black man who fled a traffic stop last year, told a jury Tuesday the man was unarmed and defenseless when the officer shot him "point blank." (Michael Sears/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)

A black man killed by Milwaukee police after fleeing a traffic stop was unarmed and defenseless when an officer shot him "point blank," a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday, while defense attorneys said the officer believed the man still had a gun.

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Prosecutor confident in Milwaukee shooting case

December 16, 2016 9:07 pm Leave a comment

Dominique Heaggan-Brown (Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office via AP)

The prosecutor who charged a former Milwaukee police officer with killing a black man in a shooting that sparked riots in Wisconsin's largest city said Friday that he's not trying to send a message to the public about police use-of-force.

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Deal in bodies-in-suitcases case delayed

June 8, 2016 10:05 pm Leave a comment

Steven Zelich appears in court in Kenosha, Wis. Jury selection for the former police officer accused of choking to death Jenny Gamez, an Oregon college student, and then stuffing her in a suitcase and leaving it on a rural highway is scheduled to begin Monday, Jan. 25, 2015, in Wisconsin. (Sean Krajacic/Kenosha News via AP, File)

A former suburban Milwaukee police officer accused of killing two women and ditching their bodies in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin highway is facing extradition to Minnesota where he's charged in the death of one of the victims.

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Ex-cop pleads guilty to killing woman, ditching body (UPDATE)

January 25, 2016 9:32 pm Leave a comment

Former police officer Steven Zelich talks to his attorney Jonathan Smith on the first day of his trial in Kenosha, Wis., after pleading guilty to first-degree reckless homicide while using a dangerous weapon and hiding a corpse. Zelich pleaded guilty in the death of 19-year-old Jenny Gamez, of Cottage Grove, Oregon, whose body was found along a Wisconsin highway in August 2012. He will be sentenced in March, and could spend as many as 55 years in prison. (Kevin Poirier/Kenosha News via AP)

A former suburban Milwaukee police officer accused of killing two women and ditching their bodies in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin highway pleaded guilty Monday in one of their deaths.

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Ex-cop accused of killing 2 women to stand trial

January 24, 2016 12:51 pm Leave a comment

A former Wisconsin police officer accused of killing an Oregon woman and another from Minnesota and ditching their bodies in suitcases along a highway is set to stand trial this week in the first woman's death.

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Pair face 250 felonies over locker room cameras

October 12, 2014 10:03 am Leave a comment

A man and woman face more than 250 felonies for allegedly putting cameras in southern Wisconsin locker rooms.

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Homicide charge filed in suitcase death (UPDATE)

August 5, 2014 2:52 pm Leave a comment

Jonathan Smith, Steven Zelich's attorney, speaks to reporters after Zelich's bond was set at $2 million during his initial appearance in court in Kenosha, Wis. on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Kenosha News, Sean Krajacic)

A former Wisconsin police officer killed a 19-year-old college student from Oregon during a choking game that went too far, hid her body in a suitcase she brought to their sex date and then kept her body in his refrigerator for months, according to a criminal complaint filed Tuesday.

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More charges expected in suitcase deaths case

August 4, 2014 9:27 pm Leave a comment

Steven Zelich (AP Photo/Walworth County Sheriff's Office)

A former police officer suspected in the deaths of two women whose bodies were found stuffed in suitcases along a rural Wisconsin road returns to court to face more charges.