News 11.09.16
9 November 2016 News
Green Lake County authorities are looking for a Kentucky woman suspected of trying to kill her father by setting fires inside his home. Cynthia Stark-Griffin, 57, is wanted on a warrant for attempted homicide and arson to a residence. The fires were set early Sunday morning in a home on Rex Street in the Town of Marquette, near the southwest corner of Big Green Lake. The fires were out by the time deputies arrived and no one was hurt. Stark-Griffin, from Elizabethtown, Ky., is believed to be driving a silver, 2005-model Ford Freestar minivan with Kentucky license plate 376 WAV. Stark-Griffin is 5’4″ tall, 150 pounds, with blonde hair and hazel eyes. A photo of her is not available. The sheriff’s office says she’s mentally unstable and may have a 9mm handgun and shotgun, and has two dogs with her that are reportedly vicious. She sleeps in her vehicle in hotel parking lots and other public places, according to the sheriff’s office.
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Oshkosh Police say they have arrested a former West High School soccer coach on suspicion of sexual assault and exposing a child to harmful material. The 23-year-old junior varsity boys’ soccer coach was arrested Sunday and is in the Winnebago County Jail pending charges. A police statement on Monday says a school resource officer learned of the alleged inappropriate conduct on Thursday. The victims are two girls who attended West and had contact with him through an amateur soccer league. School officials say the coach’s contract was already up for the year and is not being renewed. He did not teach at the school. The school is notifying soccer students and their families.
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A semi truck driver injured when his rig rolled on its side in Dodge County is reported to be in stable condition. The accident happened Sunday evening at the intersection of County Highway AW and County Trunk A in the Town of Fox Lake. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Department says the semi tractor-trailer, driven by 64 year old Thomas Mitchell of Lake Mills, was attempting to make a right turn onto Highway AW when it rolled on its side. Mitchell was flown from the scene by Flight for Life to an area hospital. The Sheriff’s Department says he was reported in stable condition with non-life threatening injuries. The accident remains under investigation.
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A state system to track prescription painkillers in Wisconsin to prevent abuse shows a nearly 10 percent drop in the number of opioid prescriptions written and filled compared to this time last year. Wisconsin’s Controlled Substance Board recently published its first quarterly report on the prescription drug monitoring database, which was established in 2013. Gov. Scott Walker calls the findings “very encouraging.” The report does not say what percentage of doctors, dentists or pharmacists check the database, but officials say its use has steadily increased. Doctors will be required to check it next year. The Wisconsin Medical Society’s chief medical officer, Donn Dexter, says the organization is working to educate physicians on the database and get them ready for the mandates.
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A Wisconsin man accused of running a red light and slamming his SUV into a car, killing three passengers and injuring their Uber driver, has pleaded not guilty to multiple charges. The criminal complaint alleges 23-year-old Jasen Randhawa, of Mequon, was driving about 30 mph over the speed limit at the time of the crash in Milwaukee on Oct. 23. Three friends who worked at a Chicago ad agency were killed — 32-year-old Amy Taylor, 30-year-old Ashley Sawatzke and 35-year-old Lindsey Cohen. The Uber driver was seriously injured. According to the complaint, Randhawa fled on foot and called a friend to tell him he had been in an accident and was drunk. Randhawa pleaded not guilty to a dozen felony counts including four counts of second-degree reckless homicide.
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