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UPDATE: Police capture man who injured deputy
Update: Authorities have captured a Rhinelander man who injured a Lincoln County officer Thursday morning.According to the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office, Steven J. Morris, 27, was apprehended Thursday afternoon in a seasonal cabin he had broken into.
Former Rhinelander business owner charged with theft extradited from Illinois
A former Rhinelander business owner who was sought by the Rhinelander Police Department in conjunction with several incidents where he allegedly took money from elderly couples but failed to do promised work was apprehended in Illinois this week and made his initial court appearance Wednesday. (subscriber access)
Tomahawk man charged with sexual assault of babysitter
A 52-year-old Tomahawk man has been charged with three felonies in Lincoln County Circuit Court after police executed a search warrant on his house July 31. (subscriber access)
Arbor Vitae teen charged with felony theft
A 17-year-old Arbor Vitae teen is facing a charge of felony retail theft after he allegedly tried to walk out of the Minocqua Walmart with two television sets in a shopping cart. (subscriber access)
Eagle River man charged with dealing crack cocaine in Rhinelander
A 32-year-old Eagle River man has been charged in Oneida County Circuit Court for his alleged role in a crack cocaine selling operation in Rhinelander involving two Milwaukee men. (subscriber access)
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Convicted sex offender wins Court of Appeals case
A Wisconsin Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that a convicted sex offender charged with 23 counts of illegally clipping photographs of young girls and keeping them in a notebook did not run afoul of the law under which he was charged. (subscriber access)
Wolf pleads no contest to reduced charge
The Tomahawk woman charged in the June 28, 2003 death of a Rhinelander man resolved her case Thursday afternoon by entering a no contest plea to a reduced charge. (subscriber access)
Rhinelander man accused of going on a shooting spree with airsoft gun
A 24-year-old Rhinelander man is facing a felony charge after he allegedly fired an airsoft BB gun in the direction of at least three people, hitting one man in the face. (subscriber access)
Alleged Rhinelander pot dealer accused of sexually assaulting second girl
A 24-year-old Rhinelander man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl who sought to buy marijuana from him is now facing an additional charge.
Female suspect in 2003 Rhinelander homicide accepts plea agreement
The Tomahawk woman charged in the June 28, 2003 death of a Rhinelander man accepted a plea agreement Thursday. (subscriber access)
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Crandon woman charged with battery to emergency worker
A 23-year-old Crandon woman who has five outstanding cases in Forest County, added to her legal woes earlier this month when she allegedly resisted sheriff's deputies and injured a paramedic in an incident at a town of Schoepke drinking establishment. (subscriber access)
Woman charged with embezzling from animal hospital pleads no contest
An embezzlement case that entered its second year earlier this month took a major step toward resolution June 26 when Brenda J. Wigglesworth, 48, of Arbor Vitae, reluctantly accepted a plea agreement and entered a no contest plea before Branch I Judge Patrick O'Melia. (subscriber access)
Martinson enters NGI plea in homicide case
The Rhinelander teenager accused of murdering her mother and stepfather last March says she's not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect.
Local man charged with assaulting 13-year-old girl
A Rhinelander man on probation on a 2014 misdemeanor conviction for having sex with a child is back in the Oneida County Jail. (subscriber access)
Rhinelander man accused of sexually assaulting pot customer
A 24-year-old Rhinelander man is sitting in the Oneida County Jail after he allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl who sought to buy marijuana from him. (subscriber access)
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