Monday, May 13, 2013
A man was charged with substantial battery after punching his girlfriend's ex-boyfriend, who was waiting in her apartment.
A criminal charge has been filed in a chance meeting fueled by bad blood, which left one man bloodied during an October 2012 quarrel in Lannon. Shane Riley, 35, was charged last week with one count of substantial battery after he beat up his girlfriend’s ex-boyfriend. He could be imprisoned up to 3-1/2 years and face up to $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Oct. 5, police were dispatched to the 21000 block of Outcropping Court in Lannon to assist Jeffrey Kopp, who had just been punched in the face. Kopp had blood all over his shirt, and was bleeding from his nose. Kopp told police that he was spending time with Shane Riley and his girlfriend at a bowling alley earlier that night. Kopp went over to the girlfriend’s …
Friday, April 12, 2013
The 21-year-old woman told a New Berlin police officer she found a cell phone stolen during a burglary in her mailbox.
A Sussex woman is accused of receiving a stolen cell phone that was taken during a burglary to a New Berlin cell phone store in October. Jamie C. Lupo, 21, was charged Wednesday in Waukesha County Circuit Court with receiving stolen property. If convicted, she faces up to nine months in jail and $10,000 in fines. New Berlin police officers were called to the store in October after an employee noticed $118 was missing from the cash box. They reviewed security footage and saw a person take the cash from the cash box and two cell phones from the back storage rooms, according to the criminal complaint. The manager suspected Lupo, who still had a key to the business despite no longer showing up for work. However, Lupo was not the person in the …
Friday, March 1, 2013
Paul R. Nemeth, 24, of Waukesha was involved in back-to-back incidents on Clover Drive in Sussex.
A Waukesha man who told a deputy his vehicle was swerving while driving through Sussex because he was “having sex” with his passenger, according to a criminal complaint. Paul R. Nemeth, 24, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court on Monday with attempted possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and operating a motor vehicle while revoked. If convicted, he faces more than 3-1/2 years in prison because of a past felony offense. According to the complaint: Nemeth was pulled over on Clover Drive in Sussex at 2:13 a.m. Saturday. When the Waukesha County deputy ran his registration, the plates were suspended and did not match the vehicle Nemeth was driving. Nemeth told the deputy he did not own the vehicle, adding the …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
A Sussex man allegedly argued face to face in the streets with another driver in Waukesha, and could pay heavily for drinking the night prior.
A night of drinking came back to haunt a Sussex man, who police say was involved in a fit of road rage in Waukesha that led to his fifth OWI charge. Eric R. Schmidt, 33, of Sussex, was charged Thursday with disorderly conduct and a fifth offense for operating with a prohibited alcohol concentration, which is a felony. He faces up to $11,000 and six years imprisonment for the offenses. According to the criminal complaint: At roughly 2:40 p.m. Wednesday, a member of the Waukesha Fire Department called police while in traffic on the Moreland Boulevard bridge in Waukesha. The firefighter said he witnessed Schmidt and another driver standing face to face in the roadway yelling and pushing each other. He radioed in a call to police after the …
Monday, November 12, 2012
Free-agent relief pitcher returns to court Dec. 13 on charges that he beat his fiancee.
Former Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Francisco "K-Rod" Rodriguez pleaded not guilty Monday morning to disorderly conduct after police say he beat his fiancee Sept. 18 after getting into an argument because she believed he was cheating on her, according to court documents. Rodriguez, 30, of Coral Springs, FL, faces up to 90 days in jail and $1,000 in fines if convicted of the misdemeanor. He returns to court Dec. 13 for a hearing. It's the second time since 2010 he has been charged in an episode of domestic violence. West Islip NY Patch reported that he was arrested and charged with third-degree assault and second-degree harassment in 2010 after striking his father-in-law in the face. The former New York Mets closer joined the Brewers in…
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
Charges allege he attacked his wife in their Sussex home and held police at bay while refusing to come out with his children. His attorney says there are "substantial disputes" with that version and "two sides to the story."
A City of Brookfield engineering project manager is facing charges after he allegedly strangled his wife and held police officers at bay from inside his Sussex home after a night of drinking last week. John Laning, 40, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Friday with domestic abuse strangulation and suffocation, false imprisonment, battery and two counts of felony intimidation of a victim. If convicted, he faces up to 33 years in prison and $80,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Thursday, Laning was out for a trap shooting league and drinking when he sent a text message to his wife at 9:41 p.m. asking if he could stay out until 11 p.m. She said she would prefer he got home earlier, but at 11 p.m. Laning was still…
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Police find 19 rifles and shotguns at man's home on Anita Court.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012
A 41-year-old Brookfield man is facing felony charges after he allegedly called his wife at work, and threatened to come in and shoot her and burn down their house. When police officers responded to the man's home in the 18700 block of Anita Court, they found 19 guns and rifles, as well as marijuana. Allen R. Hyde was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of possession of a firearm while intoxicated; one count of telephone harassment; one count of possession of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana; and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. If convicted, he faces up to 19 months in prison and $12,500 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Aug. 14, Hyde’s wife was at work at Quad/Graphics in …
Sunday, August 12, 2012
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.
Friday, August 10, 2012
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 …
Thursday, August 9, 2012
The man allegedly sold the heroin that eventually killed her and is facing reckless homicide charges.
After pleading not guilty in February, the Milwaukee man facing charges for selling heroin that lead to the overdose death of a Sussex woman is about to get his trial. Donald Ray Brown, 46, will face a 12-person jury on Nov. 13 in Waukesha County Circuit Court to deterimine his fate. The trial is expected to last up to four days. This comes after Brown, who is still in custody, unsuccessfully attempted to have his reckless homicide charges dismissed in early February. He later pleaded not guilty and has made a string of court appearances ever since. Brown is facing 40 years in prison after he was charged with one count of first-degree reckless homicide for allegedly selling heroin to Patricia K. Berge, 22, who overdosed and died. …
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Mike B
8:22 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Some day WI will get tougher drunk driving laws. Oh wait, no we won't... :( more ›