News 12.02.16
2 December 2016 News
A Waupun man charged in connection with a September stabbing incident pleads not guilty to charges against him. Eighteen year old Nicholas Core entered the plea Wednesday in Dodge County Circuit Court. He’s charged with causing injury by negligent handling of a weapon, battery, disorderly conduct, and resisting/obstructing an officer. An investigation shows a group fight broke out after a female confronted another female about name-calling on the phone app, Snapchat. During the fight, Core allegedly punched the victim- an 18 year old Randolph man- in the face and stabbed him in the bicep with a knife. The victim was treated at the hospital for non life-threatening injuries. A scheduling conference has been set for January 11th.
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A hefty cash bond is ordered for a Waupun man charged in connection with a high speed chase over the weekend. Twenty three year old Dustin Duket made his initial Fond du Lac court appearance this week on charges of recklessly endangering safety, eluding an officer, resisting, operating while revoked and possession of THC. Judge Richard Nuss set bail at $100,000 cash. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for December 9th. Ducket was involved in a high speed chase early Saturday evening that started in Ripon and ended more than 14 miles later on Highway TC when a sheriff’s squad car spun Ducket’s car into the ditch.
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Two suspects have been charged with trying to cash counterfeit checks at a bank in Mayville. On Tuesday afternoon, Mayville Police Department officers and Dodge County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a complaint of two men attempting to pass counterfeit checks at the National Exchange Bank in Mayville. Mayville Police Captain Ryan Vossekuil says 22 year old Timothy Tyrone McGee Jr. and 27 year old Timothy Lamar Clayton, both of Milwaukee, each attempted to cash a fraudulent check in the amount of approximately $2,500. Marijuana and drug paraphernalia were located during a search of the suspects’ vehicle. Both McGee and Clayton have been charged with uttering a forgery. A third man, a 21-year old from South Bend, Indiana, who was the driver of the car, was arrested for operating under the influence of a controlled substance along with other drug charges.
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The first candidate-driven statewide recount of a presidential election in 16 years is underway in Wisconsin. The recount started Thursday, and was requested by Green Party candidate Jill Stein. It carries none of the drama that Florida did in 2000, when the outcome of the election between Al Gore and George W. Bush hung in the balance. Almost no one expects recounts this year to result in a Clinton victory. But still, county election officials across Wisconsin were hiring temporary workers, expanding hours and dusting off recount manuals to prepare for the work of retabulating nearly 3 million ballots. A recount was to begin today in Michigan and Stein is suing for a recount in Pennsylvania.
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The state Department of Natural Resources says large livestock operations would be allowed to draw up their own permit applications under an agency reorganization plan. The DNR announced the plan Wednesday. The proposal calls for allowing large farms to hire qualified consultants to help write applications for construction permits and manure management permits. The agency would still approve or deny the permits and its environmental protection standards won’t change. DNR officials say he change would hopefully reduce back-and-forth between farmers and DNR staff on application revisions, freeing up staff to perform more frequent field compliance checks. A state audit in June found the agency wasn’t following its own policies for policing pollution from large farms and wastewater treatment plants and the agency had been extending permits without review for years.
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Jurors have convicted a 24-year-old Milwaukee man in the overdose death of a Concordia University student in Mequon. The jury on Wednesday found Shuntaye Crenshaw guilty of first-degree reckless homicide/delivery of drugs in the death of 18-year-old Caleb Ford of Waukesha. Crenshaw faces up to 25 years in prison when he is sentenced in January. Ford died of a heroin and Xanax overdose in his freshman dorm room on Oct. 1, 2015. Ozaukee County District Attorney Adam Gerol said Crenshaw gave Ford the heroin just hours before Ford’s roommate found him dead. Defense attorney Lauria Lynch-German says Crenshaw is a “rip-off artist” and only delivered “items,” not heroin, to Ford.
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