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Police presence at Waukesha funeral home; employees found open door
WAUKESHA, Wis. - Waukesha police responded to the Cesarz Charapala & Zinnecker Funeral Home on N. Moreland on Wednesday, July 3 to conduct an investigation. Police tell FOX6 News that employees came to work and found an open door. The workers believed they heard a noise coming from inside. Law...
Milwaukee man charged in deadly CTA bus shooting, Chicago police say
A man has been charged in a deadly shooting on a CTA bus in Bronzeville earlier this week, Chicago police said.Jeremy Howard, 20, of Milwaukee has been charged with felony possession of a firearm, aggravated discharge of a firearm in an occupied vehicle and aggravated battery, police said.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe shooting on a CTA bus at about 12:14 a.m. Monday in the 3400-block of South State Street.Police said an altercation broke out onboard the #29 State Street bus and the driver reported that a passenger pulled a gun and fired on another.A man in his late 20s was shot in the chest and was taken to the hospital, where he later died, police said.The CTA driver was shot in the right shoulder and was taken to the hospital.INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER Track crime and safety in your neighborhood
9 arrested during carnival in Southridge Mall parking lot
GREENDALE, Wis. (CBS 58) -- Greendale police say nine people were arrested, including eight juveniles and one adult, during a carnival in Southridge Mall's south parking lot Saturday, June 29. Officials say several callers reported incidents between 3:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., including a report of an armed robbery, a...
GRAPHIC: Man restrained by hotel security guards later dies, officials say
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WDJT) – Security guards at a Wisconsin hotel were seen on camera restraining a man and appearing to hit him with an object. The man eventually became unresponsive before later dying. Warning: The details in this story may be disturbing for some readers. A witness caught the...
Milwaukee ballpark escalator malfunction leaves 11 people injured
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin: An escalator malfunctioned at American Family Field in Milwaukee following the Brewers' loss to the Chicago Cubs, injuring 11 people over the weekend, a team official said. Tyler Barnes, senior vice president of communications and affiliate operations for the Milwaukee Brewers, said that six people were hospitalized with...
Germantown Police Dept announces passing of CPO Robert “Bob” Case | By Germantown Police Dept.
July 1, 2024 – Germantown, WI – It is with great sadness that the [Germantown Police Department] shares the passing of Crime Prevention Officer (CPO) Robert (Bob) Case. CPO Case began his career with the Germantown Police Department on March 15, 1999. While serving the citizens of Germantown,...
Fatal Milwaukee shooting, 54th and Meinecke, woman charged
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee woman has been criminally charged in connection to a fatal shooting that occurred Friday, June 28 near 54th and Meinecke in Milwaukee. The accused, 30-year-old Talina Weddle, walked into a Milwaukee Police District building and turned herself in. Weddle is facing one count of homicide by negligent handling of a dangerous weapon.
'We're watching somebody getting killed': Civil rights attorney wants criminal charges in death investigation involving hotel security guards
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A Milwaukee civil rights attorney says criminal charges should be filed in the death of Dvontaye Mitchell, the man who died Sunday afternoon, June 30, after he was restrained by four security guards outside the downtown Hyatt Regency hotel. Hyatt ignored our questions, both about this...
Former Milwaukee city employee who embezzled more than $100,000 sentenced to probation
Kyle Hepp, one of two former Milwaukee Department of Public Works employees who pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $100,000 from the city, was sentenced Tuesday to six months home confinement and four years of probation. Hepp and his colleague Kelly Whitmore-Behling each pleaded guilty in March to federal charges of conspiracy to commit theft from a federally funded program and theft from a federally funded program. ...
Family of man who died outside Hyatt hotel: 'It's like watching George Floyd's death'
Video circulating on social media documenting the final moments of Dvontaye L. Mitchell’s life has left his family with more questions than answers. But one thing they all can agree on: Mitchell was a loving brother and member of the family. And the manner in which he appears to have died is too...
Milwaukee shootings Wednesday, 3 injured
MILWAUKEE - Three people were injured in different shootings that happened in Milwaukee on Wednesday, July 3. A 29-year-old was shot inside a vehicle in Milwaukee on Wednesday, July 3. The Milwaukee Police Department said the shooting happened around 3:22 p.m. near 27th and Clybourn. The victim was in a...
Victim in Sunday’s Two-Vehicle Fatal Crash Identified
One person lost their life and another was hospitalized when the vehicle they were in was struck by another in a rural Sheboygan County accident on Sunday. The 911 call alerting the Sheriff’s Office came in at 1:10 Sunday afternoon, reporting the two-vehicle crash near Highway 67 and County Highway “S” about three miles southwest of Plymouth. Investigators say that a 61-year-old Saukville man and his 12-year-old passenger were eastbound on Highway 67 when a 53-year-old Plymouth man traveling the opposite direction attempted to turn south onto Highway “S” in front of the man’s SUV, causing the collision.
Washington Park fatal shooting, Milwaukee man gets life in prison
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee man convicted of shooting and killing a man at Washington Park was sentenced to life in prison. Triston Brown, 20, pleaded guilty in February to first-degree intentional homicide. A charge of strangulation and suffocation was dismissed as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. Naquan Henry...
State funding issues kept youth charged in fatal beating at Lincoln Hills
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MPD: 29-year-old dies in late-night crash after car struck at high speed
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Milwaukee police are investigating a fatal crash that occurred late Wednesday, July 3. It happened shortly after 11:30 p.m. near 11th and Wisconsin. A 29-year-old driver was ejected from their car after being struck by another car traveling westbound at what police describe as a high speed. Despite life-saving measures, the driver of the struck car was pronounced dead at the scene.
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