A Wisconsin man who was 68 when he forced a 5-year-old to urinate in his mouth on three occasions learned his fate last week. On Thursday, St. Croix County Circuit Court Judge Scott Needham sentenced Richard Zeier, now 70, to eight-and-a-half years in prison and to another eight years of extended supervision for the 2014 incidents involving …
Authorities in Wisconsin are charging an Oshkosh woman with the murders of three babies over a span of five years more than three decades ago. Each of the deaths had initially been attributed to sudden infant death syndrome. According to Fox News, 60-year-old Nancy Moronez allegedly killed a 2-week old boy in 1980, a 6-month-old …
The state of Wisconsin has fined a Sun Prairie assisted-living facility after an elderly resident with dementia was found frozen to death outside last year. WISC reported that Faith Gardens was fined $4,200 and was ordered to not accept any new residents after Alice L. McGaw, 84, was found dead behind a nearby business on …
A Racine, Wisconsin, father is facing criminal charges for allegedly pouring vaping liquid into his 9-week-old son’s mouth to get him to stop crying. WITI reported that police were called to the home early Thursday following reports that an infant boy was suffering a medical emergency after his father, Dustin Appenzeller, 30, gave him vaping liquid …
Judge: “We can’t forget is this was an attempted murder.”
Police compared the new ‘do to Larry from the ‘Three Stooges’
Police said two Wisconsin men gave each other a high-five after they robbed and killed a 76-year-old man, according to People. Following the hand gesture, one of the two men allegedly said, “We did good, bro.” Calvin Fleener and James Johansen are charged with killing Kenneth Latus during a home invasion, according to a criminal …
A Wisconsin man who accidentally got locked in a store’s walk-in beer cooler reportedly decided he would spend the night in the freezer throwing back beers instead of screaming for help. The Washington Post reported that Jeremy Van Ert, 38, got locked in a cooler at a Kwik Trip in Marshfield a little bit before midnight …
A 15-year-old Wisconsin boy has been charged with attempted first-degree intentional homicide for allegedly punching and choking his mother as she tried to order him a pizza. Police in the village of Eagle in Waukesha County were called to the home of Andrew Romagna last month after a frantic 911 call reporting that the teen …
A Salem, Wisconsin, man accused of fatally running over a cyclist and leaving the scene was reportedly turned in by his wife. WITI reports that Ryan Peterson, 39, was charged with hit-and-run resulting in death and homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle in connection with the death of Jackie Hutcheson Jr., 29. Prosecutors said Peterson admitted to …
A former Wisconsin day care worker who broke a toddler boy’s leg by throwing him on the ground has been sentenced to jail. According to the Duluth News Tribune, Ashley Garrity, 27, pleaded no contest in late June to felony reckless child abuse causing harm. This week, St. Croix County Circuit Court Judge Michael Waterman sentenced the …
‘It doesn’t get much worse than this’
