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Lawsuit filed over charges against 6-year-old
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The parents of a 6-year-old boy charged in Grant County with sexual assault have filed a federal lawsuit against prosecutors and others. The lawsuit contends Grant County officials violated the boy’s civil rights and those of his parents. According to court documents, the boy was playing doctor with a 5-year-old girl […]
New sentence for wrongfully convicted Madison man (UPDATE)
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison man who spent six years in prison for a sexual assault he didn’t commit was sent back to prison this week, this time after being convicted of a gun-possession charge that he said evolved from the trauma of his wrongful sentence. Forest S. Shomberg, 47, was sentenced Thursday to […]
Habeas Corpus — sexual assault — ineffective assistance — prejudice
09-3317 & 09-3318 Steffes v. Pollard
Court rules against man in group sex assault
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – A Wisconsin appeals court has ruled against a 27-year-old Milwaukee man convicted for his alleged role in the group sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl. In a ruling released Tuesday, the court said Altonio Laroy Chaney is not entitled to have his 12-year prison sentence modified. Chaney argued that a person […]
Ex-Milwaukee cop pleads not guilty to charges
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A fired Milwaukee police officer has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he sexually assaulted a woman while he was on duty. Ladmarald Cates is accused of sexually assaulting the woman after he responded to her 911 call in July 2010. The indictment accuses Cates of two felonies: violating the woman’s […]
Prosecutors reduce charge against Wisconsin priest
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) – Prosecutors have reduced a charge against a Wisconsin priest accused of groping a teenage girl while in La Crosse for a canon law conference. The Rev. David Szatkowski had been charged with second-degree sexual assault of a child younger than 16 on Aug. 10. According to the complaint, he grabbed […]
Ex-village president gets 12 years for sex assault
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The former president of the Silver Lake Village board has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two boys. Kenosha County prosecutors say 73-year-old Ronald Wieland gained access to troubled teens by offering them lodging, drugs and alcohol. They say he assaulted two boys, […]
Auto body shop owner accused of assault
WEST SALEM, Wis. (AP) — The owner of a West Salem auto body shop is accused of sexually assaulting a customer whose vehicle he had just repaired. Forty-six-year-old Robert Jacobson is charged with second-degree sexual assault in La Crosse County Circuit Court. According to a criminal complaint, the woman was in the bathroom at 1st […]
Jail sergeant charged with sexual assault
FRIENDSHIP, Wis. (AP) — An Adams County Jail sergeant is accused of having sex with an inmate. Forty-one-year-old Dawn Bradshaw of Adams is charged with second-degree sexual assault by correctional staff. Prosecutors say Bradshaw took an inmate out of his cell to the law library where they had sex between September and October 2010. Bradshaw […]
Sheboygan teen accused of assaulting 7-year-old girl
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — A Sheboygan teen is accused of forcing a 7-year-old girl to have repeated sexual contact over the course of several years. Eighteen-year-old Donavan J. Stuefen was charged Tuesday with repeated sexual assault of the same child. The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 40 years. A Sheboygan Press report says […]
Minn. man sentenced for taking girl across state line
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — A Duluth man has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for taking a 13-year-old girl across state lines so he could sexually abuse her. Forty-two-year-old Todd Richard Franik was sentenced Monday in federal court in Duluth. Franik pleaded guilty in November. In a plea agreement, Franik admitted abducting the […]
2 men sentenced in Madison sexual assault
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Two men convicted of abducting a 23-year-old Minneapolis woman and repeatedly sexually assaulting her last summer in Madison have been sentenced to 20 and 27 years in prison. Dane County Judge Nicholas McNamara called the crimes horrific at the sentencing Friday and said it was every person’s worst nightmare. The Wisconsin […]
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