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Allen, Lussier convicted in Iron County homicide case, sentenced to life without parole
Two men accused of shooting a Lac du Flambeau man and leaving him to die in the snow on a remote Iron County road last December were convicted Monday of first-degree intentional homicide and hiding a corpse, both as party to the crime, and immediately sentenced to life in prison …
Iron County homicide trial heads into final stretch
An Iron County jury was expected to begin deliberations Monday as the trial of two men accused of murdering a Lac du Flambeau man last December winds down. (subscriber access)
Jury trial next week for two men accused in Iron County murder case
Jury selection is set for Monday in Iron County Circuit Court for two men accused in the shooting death of a Lac du Flambeau man last December. (subscriber access)
Sexual assault charges against Lee Lech dismissed
A Dane County judge has tossed sexual assault charges against former Oneida County deputy Lee Lech after the Dane County district attorney's office asked for the dismissal, despite a plea from the complaining witness, former Oneida County deputy Sara Welcenbach. (subscriber access)
Public defenders sought for several defendants in burglary case
Oneida County Circuit Court is having a difficult time finding public defenders for several men accused of burglarizing a Lake Tomahawk residence and taking several weapons, including the gun the state believes was used in an Iron County homicide last December. (subscriber access)
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Moren waives preliminary hearing in assault case
The 21-year-old Rhinelander man charged this week with physically and sexually assaulting an elderly town of Pelican woman on June 10 waived his right to a preliminary hearing Thursday in Oneida County Circuit Court and was bound over for further proceedings. (subscriber access)
$500,000 cash bail set for man accused of assaulting elderly woman
A 21-year-old Rhinelander man has been charged with five felony counts and two misdemeanors related to the alleged physical and sexual assault of an elderly town of Pelican woman in her home June 10. (subscriber access)
Berrays plead not guilty in business theft case
Both parties accused of embezzling more than $160,000 from an Arbor Vitae business have pled not guilty to the felony charges. (subscriber access)
Bond reduced in reckless driving case
The Lake Tomahawk man charged with three felonies in connection with a car accident June 3 that led to a teenager being taken to the hospital says he's not guilty. (subscriber access)
Jillian Buza bound over for trial in false imprisonment case
The two people who allegedly trapped and threatened a Marshfield Clinic nurse practitioner in her Minocqua office with a meat tenderizer and hatchet, with a loaded revolver nearby, were in court this week. (Subscriber access)
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State replies to father's motion to dismiss toddler death case
More than a year after the death of 20-month-old Avery Edwards, criminal charges against his father and stepmother remain unresolved as attorneys continue to trade written arguments as to how state statutes governing child abuse and neglect should be applied to the case. (Subscriber access)
Welsh granted DEJ in terrorist threat case
The case against a 62-year-old Harshaw man charged with intentionally making terroristic threats, a Class I felony, after he allegedly threatened a social worker who informed him her organization would no longer be providing care to his terminally ill wife has been resolved with a plea agreement. (subscriber access)
Schuman gets jail time in battery case
The Lac du Flambeau mixed martial arts fighter convicted of battery against his then-wife has been sentenced to jail. (subscriber access)
Man pleads not guilty in heroin overdose death
The 32-year-old Northwoods man charged with reckless homicide in connection with a drug-related death entered a not guilty plea May 29 in Vilas County Circuit Court. (subscriber access)
Welsh bound over for trial on terroristic threats charge
A 62-year-old Harshaw man was bound over for trial Thursday on a charge of making terroristic threats. (subscriber access)
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