Hometown Broadcasting News Friday 1/24/20
24 January 2020 News
Milwaukee Woman Makes Initial Court Appearance In FDL County Infant Death Case
An initial hearing was held in Fond du Lac County court Wednesday for the 26-year-old Milwaukee woman suspected of killing her 2-month-old baby girl while the family was living in Fond du Lac. Bond is set at $500,000 cash for Shauntina Fuller-Pankey and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for next Friday. According to the criminal complaint Rehloari Pankey-Brown suffered a skull fracture on June 25th of 2018. An autopsy found the cause of death was due to “blunt force injury” to the head. The Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office told the detectives that type of injury wasn’t accidental.
FDL Shooting Suspect Makes Initial Court Appearance
Bond was set at $100,000 cash for the 70-year-old Fond du Lac man suspected of trying to kill a 49-year-old Oshkosh man while they were watching a Packer’s game together last Sunday. Donald Forqurean made his initial appearance in Fond du Lac County court Wednesday on attempted first degree intentional homicide and other charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for next Friday. According to the criminal complaint Forqurean, who is wheelchair-bound, had been drinking heavily and was upset about the victim flirting with a girl. The victim, Nathaniel Johnson III, was shot once in the chest but the bullet did a lot of internal damage.
FDL Duplex Fire
A fire at a two-story duplex in Fond du Lac displaced 12 people Wednesday. Fond du Lac Fire and Rescue officials say the building at 111 8th Street was uninhabitable following a fire in a first floor bedroom. Although no one was injured, two exotic pets did not survive. The upstairs tenant and his daughter exited the home and called 9-1-1. Those living in the rest of the building were not at home at the time of the fire, which was reported at 11:35 am. The Red Cross is helping the displaced tenants.
Beaver Dam Murder Suspect Pleads Insanity
The Dodge County jury trial for a 32-year-old Beaver Dam man suspected of murdering his ex-wife has been delayed as he changes his plea. Ulisses Medina Espinosa was supposed to go to trial next month, but that like his plea has changed. He is now pleading not guilty by reason of mental defect to a first degree intentional homicide charge. Medina Espinosa allegedly shot Stacia Hollinshead to death while she and their daughter were visiting the girl’s grandparents in Beaver Dam last March. Hollinshead was an Assistant State Attorney in Dekalb County, Illinois. The trial now is scheduled to begin June 1st.
Governor Concerned About Agriculture
State Senate Minority Leader Jennifer Shilling says one of the key points to come out Governor Tony Evers State of the State Address this week is his desire to help out agriculture and farmers. “Not a day goes by that we don’t have headlines talking about the plight of our farmers here the challenging economic times that they are in. A staggering statistic that he mentioned was that we lose two farms a day here in Wisconsin.” She says to provide help Evers is calling a special session to address agricultural issues, which would include creating an initiative for dairy exports, looking at expanding the Farm Center, and creating a new regional mental health program for farmers. She says providing better infrastructure for transporting goods and broadband access would also help out farmers.
Deer Tests Positive For CWD In Marquette County
The DNR says an adult doe killed during the nine-day gun deer hunt last fall in Marquette County’s Buffalo Township has tested positive for chronic wasting disease. It’s the second wild deer to test positive for CWD in Marquette County, the first was in 2018. The doe was harvested within 10 miles of adjacent Columbia and Green Lake counties. Marquette, Columbia, and Green Lake counties already have deer baiting and feeding bans. The latest CWD case means the ban in Marquette County will be renewed for three years and the ban in Green Lake County for two years. The ban for Columbia County is renewed for three years due to wild deer CWD detections within the county.
CWD Hearing Scheduled In Sheboygan County
The state’s Department of Natural Resources will be hosting a public meeting next month in Sheboygan County on the status of chronic wasting disease and a response plan for sampling wild deer in the county. The meeting will be Wednesday, February 5th at 6:30 pm at the Sheboygan County Highway Department on County Road J in Plymouth. Late last year a three-year-old wild doe tested positive for CWD in the Town of Plymouth.
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