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Welfare check uncovers physical abuse of the elderly, man facing 62 years in prison

MOUNT PLEASANT — A welfare check to Village of Mount Pleasant Police last month uncovered allegedly serious, longtime physical abuse and led to the arrest of a 54-year-old man, who now faces 10 criminal charges, including nine felonies, as a result. Mark Jones remains in custody in the Racine County Jail on a $100,000 cash […]

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Man charged with assault, intimidation, strangulation of 2 women, threatening to harm child

RACINE — A 35-year-old Racine man is looking at decades in prison after an alleged assault on two different women and threatened to harm one woman’s child because she called police. Peter DeRose was charged Tues., Dec. 13, in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count each of intimidation of a victim, strangulation, and […]