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Chippewa Falls woman pleads guilty to attempted 1st degree intentional homicide
CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) - A Chippewa Falls woman pleads guilty to attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide. Online court records show 55-year-old Laura Feala pleads guilty to a charge of attempted 1st-degree intentional homicide. According to online court records, a sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 16, 2024. The criminal complaint...
Chippewa Falls Woman Sentenced for Aiding a Felon
(Heather Knox, WEAU) A Chippewa Falls woman accused of aiding a felon in relation to a September 2022 homicide entered a plea and was sentenced today. Court documents show that on July 22, 27-year-old Paige Reiter pleaded no contest to one count of harboring or aiding a felon. The court accepted the plea and found Reiter guilty. The court withheld the sentence and ordered Reiter to serve three years of probation.
Two Men Arrested And Charged After Traffic Stop Reveals Improvised Explosive Device, Meth
POLK COUNTY (DrydenWire) - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office retrieved an Improvised Explosive Device during a routine traffic stop which also resulted in the seizure of Methamphetamine. The Marathon County Bomb Squad assisted with the removal of the explosive device. Two were arrested and charged, Nicholas Carlson, age 43, of Menomonie, WI; and Cory Stanhope, age 30, of Chetek, WI.
DOJ reviewing 2023 death investigation concerning Eau Claire County Jail
A death investigation involving a woman who died in the Eau Claire County Jail has taken more than a year and is still not public. | Getty Images photo. The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing the death investigation prepared by the St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office concerning the demise of Silver O. Jenkins, 29, who was found unresponsive in the Eau Claire County Jail on March 12, 2023.
Plea ends case involving man thrown from balcony
EAU CLAIRE — An Altoona man who seriously injured another person when he threw him off a balcony has been sentenced. James Jackson, 46, was originally charged with first degree reckless injury, a Class D felony. He pleaded guilty to a charge of second degree reckless injury during a hearing Monday. Jackson will spend 210 days in jail. Work release privileges are determined by the jail. He was given 121...
River Falls man jailed for high-speed chase in Lake Hallie
CHIPPEWA FALLS — A River Falls man has been sentenced to more than 10 months in jail after he was convicted of leading police on a high-speed chase that began in Lake Hallie in April and crossed through several counties. Anthony T. Ledesma, 41, pleaded guilty last week in Chippewa County Court to fleeing or eluding an officer, which is a felony, and OWI-2nd offense. Judge Steve Gibbs ordered nine...
Lack of attorney is complication for four-defendant stabbing case
EAU CLAIRE — A man charged last month in connection with a May stabbing incident still doesn’t have an attorney, delaying his case. Raymond Charboneau, 44, Eau Claire, faces a single count of armed robbery as a party to a crime. The lack of an attorney is delaying his proceedings, including the arraignment at which he would enter a plea. Since the charges were filed on June 25, the court...
Authorities speak on pets left in hot cars
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) -Eau Claire Police say they’re seeing higher than normal cases of animals being left in hot cars. Even if you think it’s just a ‘quick trip’ into a store or building, leaving a pet in a hot car with just a cracked window is not enough.
Negotiations possible in case that saw woman flee officers
EAU CLAIRE — One of two people charged after police said they repeatedly fled attempts to arrest them was in court Tuesday for an early hearing. Racquel Krueger, 35, Altoona, is charged with second degree recklessly endangering safety, attempting to flee or elude officers, three counts of bail jumping and two counts of obstructing an officer. The case was filed last month. In one of the incidents, the criminal complaint...
Plea entered in Altoona shooting death case
ALTOONA, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – A plea is entered for one of three suspects charged in the shooting death of an Altoona man. Court records show 36-year-old Xavier Thompson of Eau Claire pleads no contest to 2nd degree recklessly endangering safety as a party to a crime. In September, Eau...
Suspect in 2019 West Salem burglary pleads not guilty in La Crosse County court
A 38-year-old Eau Claire man pleaded ‘not guilty’ to a break in that occurred five years ago at a West Salem business. Victor Groner appeared in La Crosse County court Tuesday, facing charges of burglary and theft resulting from a 2019 break in at Kreibich Landscaping in West Salem.
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