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Tran jury hears interviews, sees text messages
Police interviews, and text message conversations between the defendant and her husband, took center stage Tuesday and early Wednesday in the first-degree reckless homicide trial of a former Newbold woman accused of causing the death of her 20-month-old stepson last April. (Subscriber access)
Mother testifies in toddler death case
Fighting back tears, her strong southern lilt never wavering, Lori Edwards told an Oneida County jury the story of her son Avery's short life. She described her relationship with the boy's father, Dr. Trung T. Tran, the concerns she had regarding her boy's safety while he was in the care …
Woodruff man accused of making terrorist threats to law enforcement released on signature bond
A 46-year-old Woodruff man charged with making terrorist threats against law enforcement was bound over for trial Friday morning. (subscriber access)
Sex offender to be released in Forest County
A convicted sex offender will be released to Forest County later this month.According to a Forest County sheriff's department press release, Jeffrey Levasseur is expected to be released Oct. 25 and will reside at 8901 Sand Lake Road in Crandon. (subscriber access)
Judge narrows evidence to be presented at Tran trial
Unlike what viewers are used to seeing portrayed in many television crime dramas, preparing for a homicide trial is meticulous, painstaking work for both lawyers and judges. (subscriber access)
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Not guilty pleas entered in Three Lakes vehicular homicide case
A 22-year-old Mount Prospect, Ill. man accused of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle in connection with the death of his 23-year-old passenger in a June car crash in the town of Three Lakes has entered not guilty pleas to all charges. (subscriber access)
Key hearing Wednesday for stepmom in toddler death case
The former Newbold woman accused of causing the death of her 20-month-old stepson back in April 2017 is due in Oneida County Circuit Court Wednesday for a motion hearing in advance of her Oct. 19 trial. (subscriber access)
Weyerhauser man sentenced to eight years for Mid Lake Road arson
A 38-year-old Weyerhauser man was sentenced in Oneida County Circuit Court Sept. 13 to eight years in prison for the March arson of a house on Mid-Lake Road in Woodruff. (subscriber access)
Chagnon draws jail time in battery case
A convicted sex offender from Rhinelander who stabbed a fellow inmate with a pencil in April of this year was sentenced Tuesday morning to 90 days in jail to be served concurrently with a five-year prison sentence on a probation revocation. (subscriber access)
Judge to decide admissibility of text messages in Ellen Tran case
A key hearing is set for Wednesday morning in the case of a former Newbold woman accused of causing the death of her 20-month-old stepson back in April 2017. (subscriber access)
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Judge denies Schuman motion to strike 'domestic abuse' from conviction
A Lac du Flambeau man's request to strike the domestic violence enhancer from his June conviction on a battery charge has been denied. (subscriber access)
Judge denies motion to dismiss Tran case
The case against a former Rhinelander physician accused of child abuse and neglect in connection with the death of his 20-month-old son Avery J. Edwards in April 2017 will move forward after a judge ruled Tuesday a jury could reasonably infer that Dr. Trung T. Tran believed his wife, Ellen …
Driver in fatal Three Lakes crash bound over for trial
A 21-year-old Mount Prospect, Ill. man who is accused of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle in connection with the death of his 23-year-old passenger in a June car crash has been bound over for further proceedings. (subscriber access)
$1,000 cash bond set in gas station embezzlement case
A 39-year-old Pelican Lake man was formally charged Thursday with one count of theft in a business setting over $10,000 in connection with his employment as a gas station manager. (subscriber access)
Rhinelander man draws prison sentence for 2017 shooting incident
A 47-year-old Rhinelander man was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison followed by three years extended supervision in connection with a March 11, 2017 shooting incident in the Town of Pelican. (subscriber access)
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