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Appleton man charged with assaulting 11-year-old girl
Appleton, WI (AP) - An Appleton man has been charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl that he allegedly met online.
2 men guilty of assaulting woman with snake
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (AP) — A jury has found two northwestern Wisconsin men guilty of sexually assaulting a woman with a live snake. Twenty-four-year-old John Bullock of Altoona and 25-year-old Domonta Jones of Eau Claire had pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of first-degree sexual assault. An Eau Claire County jury deliberated for about […]
Madison priest charged with fondling teen
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Madison priest who was removed from public life in 1999 is now charged with the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Stevens Point and at her Monona home in 2003 and 2004. The Wisconsin State Journal reports a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Dane County Circuit Court charges 64-year-old […]
Equitable estoppel barred in criminal cases
Unless there is an explicit agreement, a defendant’s guilty plea does not prevent the State from filing different charges based on the same course of conduct. On Tuesday, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals held that equitable estoppel can never be invoked to preclude prosecution of a criminal charge, reversing the dismissal of a sexual assault […]
Former Wis. prosecutor Kratz won’t face charges over sexting (UPDATE)
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A former prosecutor who sent racy text messages to a domestic abuse victim will not face criminal charges over misconduct and sexual assault allegations levied by more than a dozen women, the Wisconsin Justice Department announced Monday. State investigators determined that former Calumet County District Attorney […]
Oshkosh man convicted of child abuse gets 20 years
OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) — A former Oshkosh official convicted of sexually assaulting a child has been sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison. Thirty-nine-year-old Kent V. Monte pleaded no contest to repeatedly sexually assaulting a child. As part of a plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to seek a sentence Friday of no more than seven […]
2010AP1179-CR State v. McCredie
Sexual Assault Consent by fraud Kelly J. McCredie argues that sexual intercourse by fraud is not a crime in Wisconsin. McCredie entered the victim’s darkened bedroom one night. When the victim spoke to McCredie she erroneously believed that it was McCredie’s brother. McCredie did not correct her and proceeded to engage in sexual intercourse. McCredie […]
2010AP233-CR State v. Johnson
Sentencing Restitution; sexual assault; psychiatric care Brandon Johnson appeals from a judgment of conviction for a violation of Wis. Stat. § 940.225(3) (2007-08), an order of restitution and an order denying his postconviction motion challenging, among other things, the order of restitution. He was convicted upon his no contest plea to third degree sexual assault […]
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