MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — One person is dead and two others are hospitalized after a triple shooting late Wednesday night on Milwaukee’s north side, marking the latest in a string of violent incidents across the city. Police say the shooting occurred just after 10 p.m. near North 51st Street and West Garfield Avenue. When officers arrived,…
WASHBURN COUNTY, WISCONSIN — A northern Wisconsin contractor is accused of taking more than $16,000 from a client for a custom kitchen project that was never finished, according to newly filed court records. Nathan Riggs, owner of Rustic Woodworx in Hayward, has been charged with felony theft by contractor after allegedly admitting to taking the…
MADISON, WISCONSIN — Three teenage boys have been arrested after a violent assault inside a bathroom at Madison West High School left a student hospitalized and sparked outrage across the Madison community. The attack occurred around 11:30 a.m. on October 15, according to the Madison Police Department, which confirmed the arrests on Thursday. Authorities say…
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN — The FBI Milwaukee Division has announced the results of “Operation Chalkline,” a sweeping multi-year investigation that dismantled a violent Wisconsin street gang with direct links to a major international drug cartel. The coordinated effort led to 22 arrests on federal charges and 24 federal search warrants executed across southeastern Wisconsin, according to…
WASHINGTON COUNTY, WISCONSIN — A large-scale law enforcement operation in southern Wisconsin led to more than 100 traffic stops, multiple drug arrests, and several wanted individuals taken into custody during a single evening, according to officials. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office, working alongside the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Unit and Germantown Police Department, conducted the joint operation…
FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN — Police have arrested a 32-year-old day care worker after a 3-month-old baby girl was hospitalized with a fractured arm, prompting an investigation by local and state authorities. According to Fond du Lac Police Chief Aaron Goldstein, detectives were called to Children’s Hospital in Milwaukee on October 13, after doctors determined…
WEST ALLIS, WISCONSIN — The parents of a 4-year-old boy found dead outside a Dairy Queen last week are now facing serious criminal charges after authorities say the child suffered from extreme physical abuse and chronic neglect. Prosecutors have charged 31-year-old Charlotte Kurek and 21-year-old Devario Cruz with chronic neglect of a child, causing death,…
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA — A Wisconsin mother who traveled to Louisiana for an NBA YoungBoy concert was found dead on the Twin Span bridge in what authorities are calling a hit-and-run homicide that remains a mystery. 27-year-old Edashia Caraway died early Tuesday morning from blunt force trauma after being struck by at least two vehicles,…
CLEBURNE COUNTY, ARKANSAS — An Arkansas teacher is behind bars after authorities say he unloaded a 21-round .40-caliber magazine into his brother during a heated family confrontation at a rural home in Cleburne County. 42-year-old Dustin Cannon has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his brother, Austin Cannon, according to the…
LAREDO, TEXAS — A Texas man who admitted to stabbing his ex-girlfriend’s stepfather to death while the victim slept has been sentenced to 33 years in prison, ending a case investigators say was fueled by months of hidden rage and premeditation. Tomas Aguilar, 21, pleaded guilty last week to the 2022 murder of 42-year-old Oscar…