A Racine woman appeared in court Wednesday, nearly five months after Pick n Save said she stole $187.41 in merchandise from a Mount Pleasant store. Sarah Carvajal was charged with misdemeanor retail theft in September, but this week was the first time she was in court on the charges. She is out of custody on […]
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Good Police Work Nets Two On Burglary Charges
Police tracked an iPad burgled in early December, and thus a burglary, from Mount Pleasant into Racine after burglars stole the device and jewelry during a home invasion. Jermaine Conner, 40, and Leroy D. Williams, 27, both of Racine, were recently charged for the crime. Mount Pleasant Police responded to the 4800 block of Copperleaf […]
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Stolen GPS Had Victim’s Address Programmed In
Three Kenosha teens stole a car, a money clip and electronics – including a GPS that had the victim’s address programmed as “home” – according to criminal complaints filed today in Racine County Circuit Court. Jarrel Gordon, Koven Blakey and Roosevelt Busby, all 17, are charged as party to the crimes of armed burglary, operating […]
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One Person Injured In Crash
Mount Pleasant Police and rescue personnel from the Southshore Fire Department are on scene at a car versus motorcycle crash that happened at Highway 20 and Oakes Road Tuesday afternoon. The motorcyclist was not wearing a helmet and has sustained head injuries, according to preliminary reports. The crash happened at about 4:10 p.m. A Flight […]
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Retail theft charges follow Kohl’s visit
A Racine woman stole flip flops from Kohl’s on Wednesday, police say, leaving her dirty ones behind Jessica M. Goodwin, 26, is charged with receiving stolen property and misdemeanor retail theft. According to court records: Goodwin was at the store about 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, when someone called to report to police that she had been shoplifting. […]
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Man Charged with Breaking Into Beauty Salon, Urinating
Mount Pleasant police say a 51-year-old man they believe was highly intoxicated is charged with breaking into a local beauty salon, stealing a number of items and urinating in the basement. Brett Johnson, of Racine, was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count of burglary and one misdemeanor count of criminal […]
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Police: Man Steals Cars, Causes Crashes
A Chicago man was charged this week in the March 2015 theft of a car left running at a Mount Pleasant gas station. Marvin E. Taylor, 50, is charged with two counts of operating a motor vehicle with the owner’s consent, for an early morning incident in Mount Pleasant on March 10, 2015. According to […]
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Police: Drunk driver using car without permission
A Mount Pleasant man attacked the woman driving him home from a bar, then took off in her vehicle when she got out to escape from him, according to court records. Joseph Davis, 50, is charged with driving a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent, battery, disorderly conduct, driving with a revoked license and his third […]
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Chases in Mount Pleasant, Racine lead to drug arrest
A Milwaukee man chased by police in Mount Pleasant and Racine Monday night was arrested, and charged Tuesday with possession of marijuana. Adrian Iler, 30, is charged with the drug possession, second-degree recklessly endangering safety and fleeing from police. He is in custody on a $2,500 cash bond. Mount Pleasant police tried to stop the […]
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Racine man wanted in August cutting incident
A Racine man did not appear in court Tuesday, where he was to have made his initial appearance on charges that in August he cut someone with a box cutter. Jordan Monet James, 24, is charged with burglary while committing a battery, second-degree reckless injury while using a dangerous weapon, substantial battery while using a dangerous […]
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Police help pregnant woman who jumped out of car to escape
A pregnant woman jumped from a moving car Wednesday morning to escape her mother’s boyfriend, according to police, after he wouldn’t let her out of the car and threatened to kill her. Jerome D. Williams, 35, of Racine, is charged with false imprisonment, second-degree recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and battery. He is being held […]
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Police: Chicago man netted in prescription fraud
A Chicago man falsely used a physician’s information to get an allergy drug with codeine from pharmacies, according to a criminal complaint. Jonathan Lloyd, 51, is charged with 32 crimes here after police say he was responsible for a string of fraudulent prescriptions. the charges include obtaining a controlled substance by fraud, personal identity theft, […]
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Police: Accused Burglar Fell Asleep in Front of Victim’s Home
Mount Pleasant police say a 20-year-old man from Racine had the means to flee from the scene of one of his alleged crimes, but he fell asleep instead. Justin Kovach was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Monday with three felony counts of burglary and one felony count of possession of burglary tools. If convicted, […]
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Loud music, booze send man to jail
A man playing his music too loud in Mount Pleasant was arrested for bail jumping, attempted escape, resisting an officer, disorderly conduct and battery of a peace officer. Police were called to the 1100 block of Prairie Drive about 10:50 p.m., Sept. 19, for a loud music complaint. The resident of the unit, David Simington, […]
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Police: Student Faces New Felonies After Jail Release
A student at Case High School was charged after he got into a fight with a girl at school on the day he had been released from jail, according to the Racine County District Attorney’s Office. Montanez Miller, 17, of Racine, was charged with disorderly conduct, and two counts of felony bail jumping by the […]