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Man accused of stealing car from Kwik Trip with two kids in backseat accepts plea deal
OAK CREEK, Wis. — One of the men accused of stealing a car with two young girls in the backseat from an Oak Creek Kwik Trip accepted a plea deal Wednesday. Investigators say Bedee Usama is one of three men who stole the car in February and then drove off with the children in the backseat.
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 hotel death; victim's wife speaks out
MILWAUKEE - The wife of the man who died outside a downtown Milwaukee hotel on Sunday, June 30, spoke with FOX6 News in an exclusive interview after the incident. The Milwaukee Police Department said 43-year-old Dvontaye Mitchell fought with security guards as they escorted him outside the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee hotel and held him down until police arrived.
Milwaukee mayor calls for stricter gun laws after spate of shootings in city
Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson is again calling on the state Legislature to pass stricter gun laws after the city experienced a violent week. At least 15 people were shot in Milwaukee on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the latest media update from the Milwaukee Police Department. A 25-year-old was also fatally shot on Wednesday afternoon and on Thursday a 1-year-old was injured in a shooting.
'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...
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.
Milwaukee shooting Wednesday, 27th and Clybourn; 1 injured
MILWAUKEE - 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 vehicle when people in another vehicle fired shots, subsequently striking the victim. The 29-year-old was...
Body recovered from water near McKinley Marina in Milwaukee
MILWAUKEE - Investigators recovered on Monday, July 1 the body of a 43-year-old man from the water near McKinley Marina in Milwaukee. FOX6 News talked with a man who said the person was pulled out from an area near the breakwall around 1 p.m. The man said he was walking on the pier when two fishermen saw the body and called 911.
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. ...
Police in Glendale remove election observers for being disruptive while objecting to ballots
Election observers showed up at several polling locations in the Milwaukee area Tuesday, and two of them were removed by police in Glendale for being disruptive while objecting to absentee ballots, Glendale Mayor Bryan Kennedy said. Glendale Police removed two observers at separate city polling sites for getting confrontational with poll workers, Kennedy said, but the rest were allowed to stay at polling locations in Glendale, Shorewood and the City of Milwaukee. ...
Milwaukee-area police who joined Oath Keepers resigned jobs after The Badger Project investigation
Three of the four Milwaukee-area police officers revealed by The Badger Project to have joined the anti-government group the Oath Keepers resigned from their law enforcement positions soon after the stories were published. Two have left law enforcement. The third took a job with a different law enforcement agency. A...
Former choir director Marco Melendez posts $10K bond, prelim set
MILWAUKEE - Marco Melendez, a former children’s choir director facing child sex crime charges, appeared in court on Monday, July 1, for an initial appearance. He did not appear in intake court, but before Judge Kies. Kies set a $10,000 cash bond and Melendez is due back in court on July 9.
Search continues for teen gunman accused of killing two St. Anthony High students
Milwaukee police are searching for a teen who they say shot and killed two St. Anthony High School students last month on the city's south side. Prosecutors have filed two counts of first-degree intentional homicide against Moses Martinez in the shooting deaths of Diego Herrera-Mejia, 16, and Isaac Rodriguez, 15. He also faces a charge of first-degree reckless endangering safety. ...
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