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Parties make arguments at Martinson restitution hearing
A restitution hearing in the case of convicted double murderer Ashlee Martinson ended without a decision Wednesday afternoon after Oneida County Circuit Judge Michael Bloom indicated he could not determine the dollar amount Martinson owes until the probate case of one of her victims is resolved. (subscription access)
Case against man accused of burglarizing site of double murder headed for trial
A Kaukauna man charged with breaking into a town of Piehl home where two people were murdered in March of 2015 is set to face a jury next month on five felony counts.Mark F. Spietz, 39, was arrested Oct. 22, 2015 on allegations he entered the property of Jennifer and …
LdF MMA fighter facing 10 domestic abuse charges
A local mixed martial arts fighter has been bound over for trial in Vilas County Circuit Court on three domestic abuse-related felonies and seven misdemeanors. (subscriber access)
Eagle River man accepts plea agreement on 38 forgery counts
A 24-year-old Eagle River man facing a total of 38 counts of forgery and seven counts of fraudulent use of a credit card in Oneida and Vilas counties will serve time in the Vilas County Jail instead of prison after a judge placed him on probation for five years July …
Woman charged with shoplifting, flushing concealed drugs at jail
A 29-year-old Lac du Flambeau woman has been charged with shoplifting at the Rhinelander Walmart and smuggling a medicine bottle into the Oneida County jail in a body cavity.Codi L. Mayo was charged June 27 with felony retail theft and misdemeanor possession of an illegally obtained prescription. (subscriber access)
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Rhinelander man spared prison time in meth case
A 50-year-old Rhinelander man was sentenced to 60 days in jail Wednesday after a judge accepted a deferred entry of judgment on several felony drug charges and acceped his guilty plea to three counts of bail jumping. (Subscriber access)
Sisco bound over for trial on child sex charges
A Rhinelander man connected with the Ashlee Martinson double homicide case was bound over for trial Friday on six sexual assault charges involving an underage girl.Ryan D. Sisco, 23, who fled Oneida County with Martinson in March 2015 after she killed her mother and stepfather, was charged June 9 with …
Rhinelander man charged with child sexual assault waives prelims
A 28-year-old Rhinelander man who is already serving four years in prison for eluding law enforcement officers in Lincoln County for several hours in August 2015 made his initial appearance in Oneida County Circuit Court last week on first-degree child sexual assault and other charges. (subscriber access)
Lac du Flambeau woman pleads guilty in theft case
A 49-year-old Lac du Flambeau woman facing seven felony charges and a misdemeanor stemming from her alleged theft of at least $104,393 from a Vilas County business between Jan. 1, 2011 and July 30, 2013, when she was fired, entered guilty pleas Tuesday to three charges. (subscriber access)
Day of reckoning comes for Martinson
Two indisputable truths were repeatedly presented to Oneida County Circuit Judge Michael Bloom during a nearly 10-hour sentencing hearing Friday for 18-year-old Ashlee Martinson on two counts of second-degree intentional homicide.The first truth was that sometime during the afternoon of March 7, 2015, Martinson's mother Jennifer Ayers and her stepfather …
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Martinson gets 23 years for 2015 double murder
The Rhinelander teenager who killed her mother and stepfather in their town of Piehl home March 7, 2015 was sentenced Friday to 23 years in prison.
Martinson gets 23 years for 2015 double murder
The Rhinelander teenager who killed her mother and stepfather in their town of Piehl home March 7, 2015 was sentenced Friday to 23 years in prison.Following a marathon sentencing hearing that lasted over nine hours, Oneida County Circuit Judge Michael Bloom sentenced Ashlee Martinson, 18, to 23 years in prison …
Milwaukee man headed to jail on cocaine conviction
A 20-year-old Milwaukee man will spend the next year in jail as a condition of a five-year probation sentence for bringing cocaine into the Rhinelander area.Desmond L. Love appeared before Branch II Judge Michael Bloom Friday afternoon for a sentencing hearing in a case that started when he was arrested …
Two accused of stealing drugs, other items from terminally ill man
Two Rhinelander residents have been charged with stealing Oxycodone and other items, including two firearms, from a terminally ill man they were caring for.Ryan J. Singer, 29, and Megan J. Birginal, 28, made their initial appearances before Branch I Judge Patrick O'Melia June 1. (subscriber access)
DA's office gets new part-time assistant DA
With the recent departure of two of his assistants, Oneida County district attorney Michael Schiek has put in a lot of long hours over the last eight weeks. But that started to change April 18 when Mary M. Sowinski started as the new part-time assistant district attorney.Sowinski, who was born …
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