WI - Homicide News

23 Jun 2015

Rock Creek man jailed for online bomb threats


DUNN COUNTY, Wis. (WEAU) -- A Rock Creek man is behind bars, accused of making bomb threats on Facebook. Donald K. Wheeler, 52, was arrested late Monday night. The FBI contacted the Dunn County Sheriff's Department about the threatening posts just before midnight.

23 Jun 2015

Man accused of shooting Wauwatosa detective charged with armed robbery


MILWAUKEE —The man accused of shooting a Wauwatosa police detective has been charged with armed robbery. Najee Harmon, 19, is in custody as prosecutors review the shooting case, but Monday he was charged with robbing a woman at gunpoint last week.

20 Jun 2015

U.S. Marshals search for double homicide suspect Devon Loggins


MILWAUKEE — U.S. Marshals are looking for 24-year-old Devon Loggins. Loggins is charged with two counts of first degree reckless homicide, three counts of recklessly endangering safety and one count of felon in possession of a firearm.

20 Jun 2015

UPDATE: Sauk City man arrested for operating under the influence in fatal crash


MADISON (WKOW) --A Sauk City man is arrested for impaired driving in an accident that killed a pedestrian in Madison.

20 Jun 2015

UPDATE: Police name suspect in shooting of Officer


MILWAUKEE (WKOW) -- Police have named the suspect they say shot an officer from Wauwatosa.  Authorities say he is 20-year-old Najee Harmon. 

13 Jun 2015

Unsolved murder victim remembered


MADISON (WKOW) -- Friday night, family and friends honored the memory of Julia Majette, a Madison woman shot and killed on this day two years ago. They held a candlelight vigil at the state Capitol, and walked around the building. 

13 Jun 2015

Madison man accused of shooting at Police enters insanity plea


MADISON (WKOW) -- A Madison man accused of shooting at police officers has entered an insanity plea.  Court records show 31-year-old Tommie Evans pleaded not guilty by reason of mental disease or defect to several felony charges, including attempted homicide. 

13 Jun 2015

Man sentenced to 16 years in prison in fatal OWI case


MEDFORD (WAOW) - A Sheldon man will spend 16 years in prison after being convicted of drunken driving and plowing into a group of deer hunters, killing one, a judge ordered in Taylor County court Friday.

13 Jun 2015

Grandfather killer still mentally ill


STEVENS POINT (WAOW) - A man who killed his grandfather with a scissors in 1989 is still mentally ill and must remain hospitalized.

13 Jun 2015

Search continues at murder scene


GREEN BAY — The Green Bay Police Department Dive Team returned Wednesday to the area where 39-year-old Krystal Torres-Smith was found dead Monday morning. Torres-Smith was found with multiple gunshot wounds in a car at the Lambeau Cottage parking lot at UW-Green Bay.

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