A former assistant special education teacher at Horace Mann High School in North Fond du Lac teacher accused of sexually assaulting a special education student has been bound over for trial. Fond du lac judge Robert Wirtz found probable cause at a preliminary hearing Friday for 45 year old Dominic Carmona. Carmona is charged with seven counts of sexual assault of a student by school staff. Each count carries a […]
A Kenosha man convicted of sexually assaulting a 14 year old girl in Fond du Lac County is going to prison. Fond du Lac judge Peter Grimm sentenced 54 year old Joseph Doehler to 20 years in prison followed by 15 years of extended supervision. Doehler was convicted of repeated sexual assault of the same child.
The Waupun police chief says people need to take a step back and allow the investigation to be completed before rushing to any judgement in the police shooting of an unarmed teenager in Madison. Waupun police chief Dale Heeeringa says it seems that officers are facing more potentially life-threatening situations even in smaller communities. "It is a tough situation anytime someone loses their life in any situation its a bad […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Scott Walker is commenting on the weekend slaying of a 19-year-old man in Madison by a police officer. Through his spokeswoman, Laurel Patrick, Walker said his "thoughts and prayers are with all those involved." Walker, a likely presidential candidate, noted that "an overwhelming majority of police officers follow procedures and do a good job of protecting and serving the public." Tony Robinson died Friday after […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Court documents indicate the unarmed black man who died at the hands of a white Wisconsin police officer suffered from attention deficit disorder and anxiety. Madison Police Officer Matt Kenny shot 19-year-old Tony Robinson on Friday. Kenny was responding to a call that Robinson had been jumping in and out of traffic and had been responsible for a battery. The officer forced his way into an […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Madison Police Chief Mike Koval has taken to his blog to express his sorrow over the fatal shooting of an unarmed 19-year-old man. Tony Robinson, who is black, was shot by an officer Friday night. Police say the officer was responding to a call of a man jumping in and out of traffic and a reported battery, and that he was assaulted by Robinson when he […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Protesters jammed the Wisconsin Capitol to demonstrate against a white police officer who killed a unarmed black man. Scores of protesters, including many area high school students who skipped class, stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the rotunda as well as on the first and second floors. They chanted "Stand up, fight back, no more black men under attack" and "indict, convict, send those killer cops to jail — […]
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee police say an officer has shot an armed robbery suspect. Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn says the shooting happened just before 3 p.m. Monday at a Dollar General store, which a masked man with a handgun was trying to rob. Flynn says two officers confronted the man inside the store and ordered him to drop the gun. When he refused, the chief says one of the […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Mayor Bill de Blasio is set to rally Wisconsin Democrats as they look ahead to the 2016 elections. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin announced Monday that de Blasio is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the party's Founders Day gala. It will be in Milwaukee on April 25. De Blasio has been building a profile as a national progressive voice since he took […]