Milwaukee Ald. Chantia Lewis, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor theft by fraud charge, one of five charges she faces for allegedly taking more than $20,000 in campaign funds and false travel reimbursements from the city.

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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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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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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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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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A former Madison police officer has pleaded guilty to public corruption charges.

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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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Prosecutors in Winnebago County have leveled 20 theft charges against a former Thrivent Financial adviser.

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A former Eau Claire County deputy treasurer has pleaded not guilty to stealing from taxpayers.

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The former Eau Claire County treasurer and his assistant have been charged with felony theft and misconduct in public office.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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A Pennsylvania man who allegedly misled customers pleaded guilty to a theft by contractor charge Friday.

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Federal prosecutors in Milwaukee say two Illinois men have been indicted on charges related to credit card theft and fraud.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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A former aide to Gov. Scott Walker is set to go to trial.

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