News 05.11.18
11 May 2018 News
Authorities say a convicted child molester found dead at the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez died of hanging. Twenty-nine-year-old Robert Moungey was found dead May 3. Brown County Sheriff John Gossage says Moungey was alone in his cell when he was found. Sheriff’s investigators are awaiting the results of toxicology tests before ruling out a crime, but they say indications are the death was a suicide. Moungey was serving a 31-year sentence on Dodge County convictions related to sexual assault and child pornography. He also was facing sex crime charges in Green Lake County.
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Oshkosh police call the death of a 4-year-old bicyclist a “tragic accident.” Authorities say a preliminary investigation indicates last week’s crash does not appear criminal, and there is no indication alcohol or drugs were a factor. Police say the driver has cooperated with investigators and voluntarily submitted a blood sample. Toxicology results are expected to take several months. Oshkosh police were called last Thursday about a child struck by a vehicle as she rode her bike. She was pronounced dead at a hospital.
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The National Weather Service says a preliminary investigation indicates a small tornado caused damage in southwestern Wisconsin. A barn and machine shed were destroyed near Fennimore Wednesday afternoon. Several other buildings were damaged, with debris scattered through a field. Homeowner Lance Lenzendorf says the storm was short-lived but intense. The Grant County Emergency Management office says there was a path of damage about 1 1/2 miles long. No one was hurt. Emergency Management Director Steve Braun says radar didn’t indicate a tornado and no one reported one to authorities. But photos of what might be a funnel cloud or small tornado were forwarded to the weather service. The weather service also will be surveying whether a tornado caused minor structural damage and tree damage in Washington County.
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An agriculture lobbyist says the state Department of Justice plans to walk back its stance that hemp farmers can’t extract CBD oil from their plants. Hundreds of farmers have applied for new state licenses that would allow them to grow industrial hemp. Many hope to produce and sell CBD oil, which can be used to treat seizures. But the DOJ issued a memo last month re-affirming only doctors and pharmacies can distribute the oil and people can possess it only with a doctor’s certification. Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation lobbyist Rob Richard says that he met with DOJ officials and the Republican authors of the bill that created the hemp licenses on Wednesday. He says the agency will make it clear the oil is legal. DOJ spokesman Johnny Koremenos has not yet commented.
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