A Wisconsin man who lit his ex-girlfriend ablaze on Valentine’s Day did so because she hadn’t paid her taxes. According to WITI, prosecutors said Javaunte Jefferson, 28, lit Savannah Bailey on fire “because she wouldn’t pay her taxes and was buying other stuff.” After the violent act, Jefferson allegedly drove off — leaving Bailey and …
An ex-sheriff’s deputy in Wisconsin was criminally charged on Tuesday for allegedly scouring through obituaries to identify homes that would be empty so she could burglarize them. Janelle Gericke, 29, who was fired from the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department in July, is accused of committing the break-ins between February 2018 and June 2019. The Milwaukee …
Police shot a 17-year-old boy inside a Wisconsin high school classroom on Monday when the boy refused to put down a gun he’d brought to school and pointed at officers. Waukesha Police Chief Russell Jack said a student at Waukesha South High School reported the student with a gun, and a school resource officer initially …
The daughter taped notes of ‘explanation’ to windows of her mother’s home after neighbors started to wonder why they hadn’t seen her
A Wisconsin mother has been arrested after her teen son reportedly died while extremely malnourished, weighing only 42 pounds. Iraida Pizarro-Osorio, 32, took Hector Pizarro, 16, to the Sixteenth Street Health Center last Wednesday. The teen, who has autism and a history of epilepsy and seizures, reportedly had a faint pulse and died shortly after …
An 11-year-old Wisconsin girl who’s in an adult jail for allegedly killing a 6-month-old boy last year was found unfit to stand trial on Wednesday—a decision which was influenced by a doctor’s finding that the preteen’s mental capacity has worsened in recent months. WQOW reported that Chippewa County Judge James Peterson ruled the girl incompetent, …
More than a dozen registered sex offenders in Wisconsin are unaccounted for after they tampered with or removed their GPS monitoring devices, officials said. Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections made the startling revelation in response to WMTV’s inquiry about Brandon King, 31. King’s accused of removing his tracking device hours after his August 6 release from …
Authorities in Wisconsin say a man was arrested late last month on suspicion of disrobing and running around in a public parking lot. According to the Pioneer Press, La Crosse police reports identified the suspect as a 29-year-old man. He is accused of causing a disturbance while naked in an area on the north side …
Authorities in Wisconsin say a 5-year-old boy is dead and his father is facing criminal charges following an incident at a Milwaukee County home last week. According to Fox News, 29-year-old Travis Stackhouse is accused of brutally beating his son on Friday. A police report filed in connection with the case alleges that the suspect …
A Wisconsin man has pleaded guilty to killing a young teen in her home late last year. As CrimeOnline previously reported, 26-year-old Isaac Barnes was arrested in connection with the shooting death of 13-year-old Sandra Parks as she was watching television in her Milwaukee home in November. According to an ex-girlfriend, she was the intended …
A 2-month-old in Wisconsin died Wednesday, hours after he was reportedly struck during a domestic dispute involving a man and his mother. Citing police, WITI reported that a man had struck newborn Jaquerrion Dancer early Wednesday, causing injuries that resulted in his hospitalization and subsequent death. The man, whose identity hasn’t been released to the …
Two Wisconsin parents are speaking out after their 10-year-old daughter with special needs reportedly came home from school covered in bruises that were caused by another student biting her. Lillian Waldron attends Langlade Elementary School and her mother, Lynn Waldron-Moehle, told WBAY that she’s developmentally disabled and nonverbal. She reportedly gave her daughter a bath …
