November 27, 2019
11:19 am
The justices on the state Supreme Court aren't in agreement on how Wisconsin law defines theft and noted their differences in an opinion issued on Friday in a case involving repeated retail theft at a Walmart in Green County.
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April 12, 2018
11:33 pm
Wisconsin law allows Republican state Rep. Dale Kooyenga to ask family and friends to help him reimburse the state for a $30,000 theft settlement.
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August 29, 2017
9:42 am
A former accounting clerk at a Catholic church in Onalaska is facing 23 years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $800,000 from the congregation.
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July 14, 2017
4:19 pm
A key Republican lawmaker acknowledged Friday that he removed an 80-year-old man's anti-Republican sign from the state Capitol rotunda without permission in May in an effort to uphold "decorum" in the building.
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May 12, 2016
10:53 am
A former Madison police officer has pleaded guilty to public corruption charges.
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December 8, 2015
9:39 am
A former clerk-treasurer for the village of Black Earth has been sentenced to two years in prison for stealing about $400,000 from the southern Wisconsin community and the electric utility in which it's a partner.
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November 24, 2015
4:26 pm
Prosecutors in Winnebago County have leveled 20 theft charges against a former Thrivent Financial adviser.
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June 9, 2015
9:10 am
A former Eau Claire County deputy treasurer has pleaded not guilty to stealing from taxpayers.
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May 19, 2015
9:10 am
The former Eau Claire County treasurer and his assistant have been charged with felony theft and misconduct in public office.
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March 4, 2015
3:31 pm
The former information technology director for the city of Sun Prairie has agreed to plead guilty to a federal theft charge.
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January 7, 2015
9:13 am
A 75-year-old Wisconsin grandmother faces up to six years in prison if a judge decides she failed to comply with a deferred prosecution agreement and repay money she allegedly embezzled.
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November 7, 2014
3:08 pm
A heating and plumbing company owner in northern Wisconsin is facing charges of stealing more than $131,000 from his wife's deceased uncle's estate.
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September 23, 2014
2:10 pm
A federal judge has sentenced a former Wisconsin prison worker to more than a year behind bars for claiming travel expenses he never incurred.
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September 3, 2014
3:04 pm
The former treasurer and clerk who stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the village of Oostburg lost his appeal Wednesday.
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April 18, 2014
10:10 am
A former West Allis debt collection attorney who admitted to stealing more than $780,000 from his clients has pleaded guilty to criminal charges.
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March 31, 2014
12:28 pm
A Pennsylvania man who allegedly misled customers pleaded guilty to a theft by contractor charge Friday.
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February 12, 2014
11:32 am
Federal prosecutors in Milwaukee say two Illinois men have been indicted on charges related to credit card theft and fraud.
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January 19, 2014
9:02 am
A former Kohler Co. employee charged with using company credit cards to start an escort service has been sentenced to 90 days in jail.
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December 3, 2013
11:25 am
A former payroll specialist at Wheaton Franciscan Services is accused of embezzling more than $1 million to support her gambling, according to a complaint released Monday.
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August 21, 2013
9:37 am
A woman has been sentenced to three years for allegedly stealing more than $24,000 from three mentally disabled men who lived in a Burlington group home she operated.
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August 6, 2013
1:52 pm
A Chinese researcher was sentenced Tuesday to time served plus two years of probation on charges stemming from the theft of a cancer research drug from a Wisconsin medical school.
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July 9, 2013
1:50 pm
The felony theft case against Freida Webb, Milwaukee County’s former disadvantaged business enterprise program director, is scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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March 21, 2013
4:52 pm
A former top aide to Gov. Scott Walker will find out next month how much restitution he owes following a conviction on a theft charge.
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March 10, 2013
9:10 am
An Appleton man who was convicted of stealing more than $20,000 from a youth baseball league has been sentenced to two months in jail.
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January 31, 2013
12:01 pm
A Milwaukee police officer who's accused of stealing about $200 from a store where he was investigating a separate burglary has pleaded not guilty to two charges.
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December 7, 2012
12:21 pm
A lawyer who stole a candy bar, video games and nearly $1,000 of merchandise was sanctioned by the Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday.
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November 29, 2012
9:46 am
A Sheboygan Falls man accused of using obituary notices to burglarize homes of the recently deceased has pleaded no contest to four theft-related charges.
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November 27, 2012
10:42 am
The former treasurer of a Fox Valley youth sports league has pleaded not guilty to allegations that he embezzled nearly $20,000 from the organization to support a gambling addiction.
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November 2, 2012
11:30 am
A former aide to Gov. Scott Walker is set to go to trial.
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October 17, 2012
3:31 pm
The former owner of a defunct Beaver Dam travel agency has pleaded no contest to theft charges.
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