In a move usually reserved for professional wrestling, a 27-year-old Racine woman is accused of assaulting another woman with a folding chair July 4. Daneesha L. Shaw faces charged filed by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office with a felony charge of substantial battery. The felony count carries a fine of $10,000 and six months […]
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Man beat another man with pipe outside Walmart, DA says
An attack in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Sturtevant Aug. 8 led to criminal charges filed Wednesday in Racine County Circuit Court against two Racine men. James P. Saar, 25, and Lashan Wilkerson, 43, are each charged with a felony count of substantial battery and misdemeanor disorderly conduct. Saar also is charged with one count […]
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Aggravated battery charge filed against inmate for beating elderly prisoner
A 50-year-old Racine man faces three felony charges, including aggravated battery of an elderly person, after a fight June 16 in the Racine County Jail. The battery charge filed Wednesday against Jeffery S. Greene carries a fine of $10,000 and six years in prison. Greene also is charged with two felony counts of battery by […]
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Police: Milwaukee man man-handled woman, drove recklessly
A man who was driving to bail his mother out of jail ended up in jail himself after he punched and kicked his girlfriend. Joshua Walls, 26, of Milwaukee, was charged by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office with three felony counts of second degree recklessly endangering safety and a misdemeanor battery charge. If convicted of […]
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Woman Charged In September Assault
A woman was recently arrested for a dangerous assault in September 2016. According to a criminal complaint by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office, Cinthia Vasquez, 24, slammed a glass bottle on a woman’s head until the bottle broke at R & V Nightclub, 1224 16th St., Sep. 25, 2016 . When police arrived, the victim’s […]
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Fight frightens families at Waterford library
Two frightened families were escorted from the Waterford Public Library in October, when a Milwaukee teen tried attacking someone he believed had stolen from him. Ronald Graun, 17, is charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct for the Oct. 21 incident at the library, 101 N. River St. He made his initial appearance in court Thursday, […]
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Two Charged with Attacking Hotel Employee
Mount Pleasant police say two Racine women are facing felony battery charges after they attacked the front desk clerk of a local hotel, breaking the victim’s nose. Catreana Lockridge, 25, and Ashlee Scaife, 24, both of Racine, were charged Wednesday in Racine County Circuit Court with a single felony count each of substantial battery and […]
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Police: Man Punched Neighbor Who Asked for Quiet
Racine police say a 29-year-old man is facing battery charges after he punched his neighbor in the face after she asked him to turn down his music. Reginald Sparkman, of Racine, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count of substantial battery and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. If he’s […]
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Police: Assault at Riverside Inn leaves victim in ICU
A Racine woman was placed in intensive care after she was attacked Wednesday at the Riverside Inn by another woman. Jamir Weaver, 39, of Racine, is charged by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office with battery, causing great bodily harm for the incident. According to the criminal complaint, officers were sent to the Riverside Inn, […]
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Man Charged for Breaking Officer’s Hand, Yelling Racial Slurs in Park
Racine police say a 33-year-old man is facing a felony battery charge after an officer’s hand was broken trying to subdue the man after a short pursuit. Nathaniel Griswold, of Redwood City, CA, was charged Friday in Racine County Circuit Court with a single felony count of battery to a peace officer, two misdemeanor charges […]
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Police: Man Almost 4 Times Legal Limit, Charged with Beating Woman
Racine police say a 58-year-old man beat up a woman and was so intoxicated that he had to dry out before jail staff would take custody of him. Emanuel Wilson, of Racine, was charged Monday with one felony count of strangulation and one misdemeanor count each of battery, obstruction, and disorderly conduct. If convicted he faces […]
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Police: Woman Charged After Attacking Relative
Caledonia police say a 34-year-old Mount Pleasant woman is facing battery charges after she attacked a relative last week. Amy Christensen was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Monday with two counts of misdemeanor bail jumping, and one misdemeanor count each of battery, criminal trespass, and disorderly conduct. If convicted, she faces up to three […]