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Suspect In Custody For Shooting Death In Columbus
(Columbus) The Columbus Police Department says a suspect has been taken into custody for an apparent homicide that occurred early Thursday morning. Read the full press release from the Columbus Police Department:. On July 4, 2024 at 1:31 a.m. an officer with the Columbus Police Department heard what sounded like...
Man Found Dead In Columbus
(Columbus) A man was found dead in Columbus early Thursday morning. NBC15 is reporting that the initial call to police came in at around 1:30am about fireworks. When law enforcement arrived on scene, they found a 40-year-old man dead with gunshot wounds. No suspect is currently in custody. Columbus police...
Road Rage Incident Leads To High-Speed Pursuit In Beaver Dam
(Beaver Dam) A road rage incident led to a high-speed pursuit in Beaver Dam on the July 4th Holiday. The Beaver Dam Police Department along with the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office began investigating Thursday and learned that a suspect chased the complainant in their car. The suspect then ignited...
Fond Du Lac Man Charged In Dodge County With Attempted Homicide Enters Not Guilty Plea
(Calamus) A Fond du Lac man charged with Attempted First-Degree Intentional Homicide was in court Tuesday for his arraignment hearing. Oscar Toruno entered a plea of not guilty to the felony charge that stems from an incident that occurred in the town of Calamus last August. Fond du Lac County...
Wisconsin Eyewitnesses to the Gunfight at the OK Corral
William Milton Breakenridge was born in Watertown in 1846. He joined the Army at age 16 and served during the 1864 Massacre at Sand Creek. A force of 675 soldiers attacked a village of Cheyenne and Arapaho people, killing an estimated 150 men, women and children. Following his stint with the army, Breakenridge moved to Arizona and became a Maricopa County deputy sheriff in Phoenix.
7/3/24 Hometown Broadcasting News Wednesday
A 40-year-old Fond du Lac man pled not guilty to an attempted first-degree intentional homicide charge during his arraignment in Dodge County court Tuesday. Oscar Toruno allegedly tried to kill his girlfriend last August. According to the criminal complaint he had been accused of a similar charge in Fond du Lac County for a previous domestic incident and Dodge County deputies were notified by those authorities about an incident in the Town of Calamus. Dodge County deputies visited with the victim who told them Toruno, her live-in-boyfriend, was waiting in car one day after work. He allegedly drove them to a secluded location where he accused her of being unfaithful and tried to stab her with a knife. She was able to fend him off but received multiple cuts to her hands. She talked him down promising not to report the incident. He handed over the knife and she threw it into a field. Toruno told investigators he did try to kill the victim, but didn’t because she had the right to live.
Dodge County Sheriff Offers Fireworks Safety Tips, Discusses Legality
(Beaver Dam) With the July 4th holiday Thursday, the Dodge County sheriff is providing a few safety reminders and courteous behavior tips throughout the upcoming weekend. Last year, there were 126 emergency room visits in Wisconsin for fireworks-related injuries according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services. A quarter of those injured were children less than 18-years-old.
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