Mom Charged for Whipping Daughter as Punishment

A 6-year-old Sussex girl told authorities she was abused by her mother for talking out of turn in school.

Sussex Mother Whipped Daughter for Talking in School, Police Say

A 6-year-old girl showed the school counselor her bruises that appeared to be several days old, according to a criminal complaint.

A 28-year-old Sussex woman could spend up to three years in prison after she was accused of whipping her daughter, leaving her with bruises. The woman, who Waukesha Patch is not identifying to protect the identity of the daughter, was charged Friday in Waukesha County Circuit court with physical abuse of a child. According to the complaint: The woman’s 6-year-old daughter was talking during school Feb. 13 and was given a warning about speaking when she was supposed to be listening. The girl said her mother “will whip her when she gets in trouble and that her mother does this occasionally by using a white extension cord, a black spoon with three holes or a belt.” The school counselor met with the girl, who again stated her mother whips her…

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Greater Metro Schools Team Up in Effort Against Child Abuse

All conference games on Jan. 25 will be dedicated to overcoming the scourge of child abuse and will push for funds to aid programs at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin.

The Greater Metro Conference will hold its 1st Annual Child Abuse Prevention Awareness Night on Jan. 25 to support Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin’s Child Abuse Prevention Programs. Sixteen GMC teams will be competing that night in boys and girls basketball at eight GMC locations. Boys games will be at Brookfield Central, Brookfield East, Marquette University High School and West Allis Central. Girls games are at Menomonee Falls, Wauwatosa East, Sussex Hamilton and West Allis Nathan Hale. All eight host sites will distribute literature, and all athletes will be wearing “blue ribbons for kids” temporary tattoos to create awareness and combat the national and local epidemic of child abuse. The Wauwatosa East High baseball team will also …

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Sussex Man Allegedly Clocks Teenage Sister In The Face

Man allegedly punches the victim inside a Pewaukee apartment after a fight breaks out with the girl's brother.

A 22-year-old Sussex man is facing multiple charges after he allegedly punched his 13-year-old sister during a fracas inside a Pewaukee apartment. Parry W. Rodriguez Koutsios was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of physical abuse of a child, one count of escape and one count of resisting an officer. If convicted, he faces up to nearly 13 years in prison and $30,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 10:49 p.m. Monday, Pewaukee police officers were called to an apartment complex in the 300 block of Morris Street after there was a noise complaint about one of the tenants. When officers arrived, they found a man sweating with an abrasion on his head outside the building, who said he had been at a …

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Police Reports: Child Abuse Complaint and Woman Calls Cops on Herself

From a serious tip about potential child abuse to a woman who accidentally called the police on herself, these are the most interesting police reports in Sussex this week.

Police Reports: Child Abuse Complaint and Woman Calls Cops on Herself

From a serious tip about potential child abuse to a woman who accidentally called the police on herself, these are the most interesting police reports in Sussex this week.

Tuesday, July 31 at 1:04 a.m. Police were called early in the morning last Tuesday after a neighbor found is mailbox smashed. According to the report, two mailboxes in the Centennial Oaks subdivision were bashed in early that Tuesday morning. This most likely is the work of the same immature prankster who completely destroyed 14 mailboxes in the subdivision in early July. Tuesday, July 31 at 9:56 a.m. While the exact address and block will remain confidential until the investigation is complete, Sussex police were called to a home on Pewaukee Road Tuesday after receiving a tip about child abuse in the home. Detective Steve Pederson of the Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department says detectives are investigating the case after receiving a …

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Pridemore's Legislation Links Single Parenthood to Child Abuse

Republican lawmaker, who represents Sussex and Menomonee Falls, wants to mandate public awareness campaigns emphasizing that single parenthood is a leading cause of child abuse.