A 15-year-old Wisconsin boy was arrested for the murder of his mother in Caledonia Tuesday night. Caledonia Police said they were called to a home at about 10:30 p.m. on a report that a boy “had possibly killed his mother.” The teen met the police officers at the front door and promptly surrendered. Officers found …
A 17-year-old Wisconsin boy is in custody after his mother and stepfather were found dead in their home during a welfare check last week. A criminal complaint filed on Monday charges Nikita Casap with operating a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent and theft of movable property, WTMJ reported. Donald Mayer and Tatiana Casap were …
Two people have been found dead in a Wisconsin home and a third “person of interest” has been jailed on unrelated charges, but police have released little other information about the case that began unfolding Friday morning. The Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department said it conducted a welfare check on a family at the home shortly …
A Milwaukee woman and her felon boyfriend have been charged in the fatal shooting of the woman’s 4-year-old niece, who found the boyfriend’s loaded, unsecured handgun under and pillow and shot herself with it. Anthony Brookshire’s Draco-style weapon was “stored” under pillows on an air mattress, police said, according to WISN. A six-time convicted felon, …
The elected board of supervisors in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, has caved to a flurry of “despicable” racist emails and cancelled a proposal to build a memorial to a 19-year-old Black woman who was killed and dismembered last year, allegedly by the son of a prominent Wisconsin insurance executive. Six of the county’s 18 supervisors sponsored …
The mother of a “missing” Illinois 4-year-old girl — later determined not to be missing at all — has been arrested for filing a false report in the case. The Rock Island Police Department said Princess Ilunga, 37, called police on January 16 and reported that her car had been stolen with her daughter inside …
A 32-year-old Wisconsin man is behind bars after he allegedly murdered his 22-year-old sister and shot his parents after years of alleged bullying because he was unemployed and broke. Gerardo Jimenez-Rico has been charged with first degree intentional homicide in the death of 22-year-old Jocelyn Jimenez and attempted homicide in the shootings of his mother …
A Wisconsin man who shot and killed his stepson earlier this week told police he was trying to “look cool” by displaying his firearms but did not in fact know much about guns. Steven Merkel, 52, is charged with reckless homicide in the shooting death of 8-year-old Michael Meagher early Monday morning, as CrimeOnline previously …
A Wisconsin man has been charged with reckless homicide in the murder of his 8-year-old stepson. Steven Merkel, 52, appeared in court on Tuesday, when he was given a $250,000 bond, WDJT reported. Town of Geneva police said they responded to the call about the shooting early Monday morning and found the boy shot. He …
A Wisconsin man sought in the deaths of his girlfriend and two children late last year has been taken into custody after a suspicious person call in the city of Elroy. A Juneau County deputy responded to the call and made contact with the person, who was identified as Virgil Thew, the New Lisbon Police …
A 25-year-old Wisconsin woman has been charged with arranging the murder of her “on-again, off-again” boyfriend in November. Ashanti Davis is charged with solicitation of first-degree intentional homicide, and her bond was set at $100,000 on Saturday, WITI reported. Police were called to the scene shortly after 1 a.m. on November 1 and spoke with …
Police in Wisconsin are looking for a convicted felon after two children and an adult were found dead at a home in New Lisbon. New Lisbon Police say Juneau and Monroe County deputies began investigating a missing juvenile on Sunday. The juvenile was last seen with 47-year-old Virgil Thew, the convicted felon. New Lisbon Police …
