9/1/22 Hometown Broadcasting News Thursday
1 September 2022 News
Oshkosh Sex Offenders Sentenced To Prison For Trying To Arranges Sex With Teen
A 60-year-old Oshkosh sex offender has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to arrange to have sex with a 13-year-old Oshkosh girl. The parent Kevin Mueller was messaging to express interest in having sex with the girl was actually a law enforcement agent working with the FBI’s Task Force “Operation Kick Boxer.” Mueller also sent pornographic photos of himself he wanted shared with the child. In pronouncing sentence Judge William Griesbach noted the serious nature of the offense and Mueller’s previous conviction for sexually assaulting a 6-year-old child. When his prison sentence is complete Mueller will be on supervised release for another 10 years. The case was investigated by the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and the FBI.
Man Talked Out Of Jumping Off Of Bridge
Traffic was restricted in Oshkosh last night while police tried to talk a man out of jumping off a bridge. Officers were dispatched to the Wisconsin Street Bridge to check on the man’s welfare. They spent about an hour and a half talking to the man who eventually agreed to come off of the bridge. No weapons were involved and no one was injured during the incident.
Oshkosh Motorcycle Accident
A motorcyclist was seriously injured during a collision with a car in Oshkosh Wednesday afternoon. Police say it happened on Koeller Street at Witzel Avenue a little after 3 pm. The motorcycle operator was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries. Anyone who has information about the incident is asked to call the Oshkosh Police Department at 920-236-5700. Anyone who wishes to remain anonymous can call the Winnebago County Crime Stoppers at 920-231-8477.
Oshkosh Woman Sentenced To Jail On Child Neglect Charges
A 63-year-old woman who operated a foster home in Oshkosh was convicted Tuesday of being party to child neglect. Winnebago County Judge Daniel Bissett accepted Barbara Peterson’s no contest pleas to three misdemeanor counts of being party to child neglect and sentenced her to 9 months in jail. Charges stem from the living conditions found at the home in the 400 block of 11th Avenue in February of 2019. Peterson’s 38-year-old son Alan Small pled no contest to three similar charges in May and was sentenced to a year in jail.
911 Outage
911 service and phone service for the Green Lake County Communications Center was down for a couple of hours yesterday. The Sheriff’s Office posted information on their Facebook page about phone numbers that could be used for emergency assistance during the outage. Service was restored shortly after 4 pm for 911 service and non-emergency phone lines.
Sewer Cleaning And Televising
Ripon’s Public Works Committee is making a recommendation to the Common Council on a proposal to clean and televise 56,000 feet of the city’s sewer system. The city received proposals from three firms for the work. Using a closed circuit camera fed through the system, city officials will be able to see if there is blockage, root intrusion, leaks and cracks in sewer lines. The city has approximately 40.8 miles of sewer system. The work that will be done is for about 26 percent of that. The committee will be recommending the $54,880 bid submitted by Speedy Clean which has also done work for the City of Oshkosh. The other bids submitted were from HK Solutions of Des Moines, Iowa for $111,440 and a proposal from National Power Rodding of Chicago, Illinois for $238,000. The work will be completed by the end of the year.
Number Of Sheriff’s Traffic Pursuits Have Doubled Since 2019
Fond du Lac County Sheriff Ryan Waldschmidt says they have seen an alarming number of traffic chases this year. He points out that the number of pursuits involving high speeds, lights and sirens is at 27 compared to 25 for all of last year. In 2020 there were 20 traffic chases and 13 in 2019. Waldschmidt says when he started more than 24 years ago they had 3 to 5 such pursuits a year, but for some reason more people believe they can get away with it now. He says a recent chase involving a driver that drove the wrong way down Highway 151 to elude deputies could have been deadly. The suspect was high on drugs and had a violent criminal history. Waldschmidt says most of the people who flee from traffic stops have some type of history or reason for not wanting to get caught. He says if a chase is going to be too dangerous to the public and they feel they can take the suspect into custody later they will cut it off.
New COVID Vaccines On The Way
New vaccines are on the way in the coming weeks that should provide more protection against the BA4 and BA5 variants of COVID-19. Former Ripon Community COVID-19 Task Force member Jeff Puhlmann-Becker says even people to whom it represents a lower health risk should consider receiving it before fall and winter weather forces us to spend more time indoors with each other. He says for others especially those in higher risk categories at a minimum it should provide more protection against the virus and hospitalization for the more serious symptoms associated with the coronavirus.
Overdose Deaths
Congressman Glenn Grothman says drugs coming across our southern borders with illegal immigrants are taking lives here in Wisconsin. He says the number of drug overdose deaths in the past three years has almost doubled in the state and increased nationwide as well. The number of overdose deaths in the United States in the past year was 108,000. He says many of those deaths can be traced to drugs laced with fentanyl, much of which is coming up to Wisconsin due to our southern border crisis. The federal lawmaker from Glenbeulah has been pushing for lowering the threshold for fentanyl that triggers a 10-year mandatory minimum sentence for administering a fatal dose of it.
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