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St. Patrick’s Day Beating Defendant Facing New Charges

  The young man who plead guilty last year for his involvement in the beating of a group of teenagers is behind bars again, this time for allegedly stealing an all-terrain vehicle. Kevin Schram, 20, of Mount Pleasant, was charged Thursday in Racine County Circuit Court with a single count of misdemeanor theft. If convicted, […]

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Update: $750 Signature Bond for Mom Facing Prostitution, Child Neglect Charges

**Updated 3:15 p.m. Feb. 18 The young mother Mount Pleasant police say left her children alone in an unlocked house to serve as prostitute to pay her rent will be out of jail Tuesday. Brittney Booker was assigned a $750 signature bond during her initial appearance Tuesday. She was originally scheduled to be charged Monday, […]

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Update: $100K Warrant Now $10K Bond for Man Accused of Stealing from Boss

**Updated 8 p.m. Feb. 17 A man wanted on a $100,000 warrant for allegedly stealing $20,000 from his former boss and landlord is now in the Racine County Jail on a $10,000 cash bond. The criminal complaint against Kien Trung Le, 49, of Garden Grove, CA, was originally filed last November, but when Mount Pleasant […]

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Woman Facing OWI with Kids, Blood Alcohol 3-1/2 Times Legal Limit

  Mount Pleasant police say a 37-year-old Sturtevant woman was driving with a blood alcohol 3-1/2 times the legal limit with children in the car when she lost control on an icy road. Jessica Ramsey was charged Thursday in Racine County Circuit Court with three felony counts of second degree recklessly endangering safety and one […]

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Dog Dies After Hit-and-Run

Submitted by the Mount Pleasant Police Department THEFTS On 1-31-2014 at 5:23 pm (14-2730) DEVON MASIK, 23 from Racine, was arrested for shoplifting at Kohl’s Department Store. He received a $313.00 municipal citation for Retail Theft before he was released. HIT & RUNS On 2/01/2014 at 8:00 am (14-2781) there was a report of hit-and-run […]

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Alleged Heroin User Also Facing Felony Theft

  Mount Pleasant police say a couple caught stealing $633 worth of pricey meat and alcohol from Pick’n Save are facing felony retail theft charges. Lucio Blanco, 58, and Ashley Barrientes-Womack, 22, both of Kenosha, were charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one count each of felony retail theft. If convicted, Blanco faces […]

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Do You Know This Shoplifting Suspect?

Submitted by the Mount Pleasant Police Department. Mount Pleasant police are asking for the public’s help identifying the woman in these photos. She is accused of stealing from Kohl’s last week. Officers say she drove away in a silver Ford Fusion. THEFTS On 01/24/2014 at 2:37 pm (14-2007) a theft occurred at Kohl’s Dept. Store, located […]

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Police: Man Charged with Battery, Intimidation

Mount Pleasant police say a 40-year-old man is facing domestic abuse charges after he beat a woman Sunday. Willie Hamilton, of Mount Pleasant, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count each of substantial battery, domestic abuse; false imprisonment; and intimidation of a victim as well as a single misdemeanor count […]

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Crime of the Week: Mount Pleasant Bank Robbery

Submitted by Crime Stoppers of Racine County The Mount Pleasant Police Department in conjunction with CRIME STOPPERS of Racine County Inc. is seeking information on a Bank Robbery that occurred in the Village of Mount Pleasant. On 01/17/2014 at 1:03 pm Mt. Pleasant Police Officers responded to a hold up alarm at the Community State Bank located at […]

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State Launches ‘The Fly Effect’ to Fight Growing Heroin Epidemic

Racine County is seeing a marked increase in heroin-related crimes, and the state Department of Justice has a map that illustrates just how serious the issue is here. According to the attached map, the state overall saw a 63 percent increase in the number of heroin samples sent to the state crime lab for analysis. […]

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