Caledonia police say an 18-year-old Racine man is charged with misdemeanor retail theft after he tried to get away from Pick ‘n Save with a bottle of liquor he didn’t pay for. Joshua Gilgenbach was charged Friday in Racine County Circuit Court with a single misdemeanor count of retail theft. If convicted, he faces up […]
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Crime of the Week: Police Seek Robbery Suspect
Racine police are asking for anyone who was in the vicinity of 4100 block of 17th Street on June 22 and/or early June 23 to help them find a male robbery suspect. Officers were called June 23 by a person who reported being robbed the night before. The victim told police they were exiting their […]
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Update: Suspected Kidnapper Arrested After Crashing Car
**Updated 7:30 p.m. A suspected kidnapper and possible sexual assault perpetrator is behind bars Tuesday after leading police on a chase that spanned three counties. Police say the male suspect was wanted out of Milwaukee on a kidnapping charge after grabbing a male victim from a bus stop in that city and possibly sexually assaulting […]
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Milwaukee Man Arrested Following High Speed Chase
A man is facing charges after he led law enforcement officials on a high speed chase that started in Racine County and ended in Milwaukee County at 12:11 p.m. Sunday, according to a press release by the Racine County Sheriff’s Department. Dametri Horton, 22, of Milwaukee, was arrested for reckless endangering safety fleeing and eluding, […]
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Police Seeking Family Dollar Armed Robbery Suspect
The male suspect who robbed a Family Dollar store at gunpoint remains at large, and police are asking for the public’s help apprehending him. On March 7, Racine police responded to Family Dollar, 3701 Durand Avenue, for a report of an armed robbery. Witnesses say a male of undetermined race brandished a grey handgun […]
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Chiapete OWI Reports Released, Details Denials
Racine County District Attorney Rich Chiapete at first denied knowing anything about an accident and told officers that he’d been home sleeping before coming clean about his involvement in an OWI-related crash, according to police reports from responding officers. On Wednesday, the full report of Chiapete’s OWI accident was released to media, and it details […]
