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.

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.

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

The former owner of a defunct Beaver Dam travel agency has pleaded no contest to theft charges.

A former treasurer for the Wausaukee Rescue Squad has been ordered to stand trial on charges she stole money from the agency.

A Slinger couple and a former Milwaukee attorney are preparing to battle it out in court over a six-figure real estate deal gone sour.

A Brookfield attorney who pleaded guilty to felony fraud charges received the maximum sentence allowable Wednesday.

A Neenah woman convicted of embezzling about $500,000 from the Community Blood Center in Grand Chute has been sentenced to five years in prison.

A former groundskeeper at a Green Bay-area cemetery will spend one year in jail for stealing a $2,000 guitar from a dead man's casket.

An attorney accused of stealing more than $500,000 through a fraudulent foreclosure scheme made his initial appearance in Milwaukee County intake court on Wednesday afternoon.

HONOLULU (AP) — A man wanted for stealing government property in Wisconsin has been arrested at a vacation rental home on Maui. According to the FBI, Timothy Kosier has been transported to Honolulu. A detention hearing is scheduled for Friday to determine returning him to Wisconsin. According to the federal complaint, the 45-year-old Kosier was a maintenance supervisor for the ...

Brookfield attorney Thomas Bielinski will make his initial appearance in Milwaukee County Criminal court next week to face fraud and theft charges.

By CARRIE ANTLFINGER Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — A southeastern Wisconsin man stole his neighbor’s rifle and used it to kill him because of a dispute over their shared lawn, according to a criminal complaint. James T. Richardson, 51, was charged Monday in Jefferson County with one count of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Beau Butschke, 28,of Ixonia, ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state lawmaker has proposed a bill that would lower the threshold for felony retail theft. Under current state law, anyone who steals merchandise worth more than $1,500 would be guilty of a felony. Rep. Joel Kleefisch’s bill would reduce that cutoff to $500. The measure also would require anybody selling baby food, cosmetics, drugs, infant ...

STEVENS POINT, Wis. (AP) — A 20-year-old man has pleaded not guilty in Portage County to charges that he stabbed three people in May, killing one of them. Tyler Dahms of Pine Grove faces a first-degree intentional homicide charge and two counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Dahms is accused in the May 15 stabbing of 37-year-old Karen Dombrowski, her ...

HUDSON, Wis. (AP) — A Hudson priest has been sentenced to two years of probation for stealing more than $10,000 from a church charity account. The Rev. Daniel Dahlberg pleaded no contest to misdemeanor theft during an appearance in St. Croix County Circuit Court Thursday. District Attorney James Remington said Dahlberg paid $13,000 in restitution to St. Patrick Church. The ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The former bingo manager at the Mohican North Star Casino has been indicted for stealing from the operation in Bowler. Fifty-six-year-old Marilyn Creapeau of Gresham has been indicted on four counts of theft in federal court. She has an initial appearance scheduled June 23 in Green Bay. Prosecutors haven’t yet outlined the amount of money ...

ALBERT LEA, Minn. (AP) — The trial for the former city manager Albert Lea starts on Monday in southern Minnesota. Jim Norman is accused of misusing the city-issued credit card for about $2,300 in personal purchases. The 57-year-old, who now lives in Wisconsin, has pleaded not guilty to six counts of permitting false claims against government, one count of theft ...