Residents are invited to attend a sex offender notification meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the 16th Street COP House. Timothy D. Smith, 33, will be released sometime before May 27 and will live in a home at 1400 block Washington Avenue. He was convicted in 1996 of aggravated sexual assault in Texas, and was […]
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Man Shot Multiple Times in Serious Condition
A 21-year-old man was shot multiple times Friday night but is expected to recover after he was taken by Flight for Life to Froedtert Hospital. Racine police say the man and a companion were approached around 10:20 p.m. Friday while leaving SF Foods in the 1300 block of Lathrop Avenue, and shots were fired. The […]
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Public Service Award for Racine Uncovered Founder
Our friend, Beth David, was honored Wednesday night at a banquet hosted by the Racine Police Department. Beth was given the Citizen Public Service award for her work on Jacato Drive, jumping into help a homeless veteran and his dog on one of the coldest days of the year, keeping our community safer by putting to […]
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Father And Son Charged In Beating Boy With ‘Bats And Crowbars’
A Mount Pleasant teen and his father were charged with misdemeanors after the two confronted another teen that had thrown a brick through a truck window, according a criminal complaint by the Racine County District Attorney’s Office. Dylan Hanson, 17, and his father Scott Hanson, 46, were both charged in Racine with disorderly conduct by […]
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Police: Man Charged After Heroin OD
A 25-year-old Racine man is facing drug charges after police say he overdosed on heroin, and officers found drugs and paraphernalia at his home. Jared DeGroot was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony count each of possession of marijuana, possession of narcotics, maintaining a drug trafficking place, and a misdemeanor count […]
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Large Fight, Gunshot Reported In Mount Pleasant
Racine and Mount Pleasant Police were investigating reports of a large fight taking place, a gun being shot, and a person being hit by a baseball bat just after 10 p.m. Sunday in the 2500 block of Pinehurst Avenue, according to preliminary reports. Police have Hamlin and Durand shut down and ambulances are on scene. […]
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Full Recovery Expected for K9 Marco
Veteran Racine K9 police officer Marco is home and resting after suffering a life-threatening case of bloat. Marco was rushed to an animal hospital in Franklin Thursday after his human partner found the dog throwing up and weak, a story from our friends at Racine Uncovered reads. It was quickly determined that Marco was […]
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$5,000 Cash Bond After Failed Drug Test
A 26-year-old Racine man was back behind bars Thursday after officials with Zimmerman Consulting, Inc. reported a failed drug test to the court. Shane Trentadue was out on bond after being charged in January with a single felony count of suffocation and strangulation, domestic abuse assessments and one misdemeanor count each of battery, domestic abuse and […]
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Racine Man Charged For Taking Knife, Cutting Security Guard
A Racine man was charged after he stole a knife and had a physical altercation with a security guard at 5:10 p.m. Tuesday at Menard’s, 3101 S. Oakes Rd., according to a press release from the Mount Pleasant Police Department. Thomas Baumstark Jr., 43, was charged with retail theft, and disorderly conduct while armed. According […]
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Armed Robbers Hit O’Reilly’s Auto Parts
Racine police are searching for two males suspected of robbing at gunpoint O’Reilly Auto Parts on Rapids Drive. Racine Uncovered News is reporting that 911 calls came into dispatch around 8 p.m. from an employee who was in the back of the store and witnessed the suspects come in the front. The two men may […]
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Homicide Suspect in Custody, 2nd Suspect at Large
A man wanted for an alleged homicide in Beloit has been taken into custody. Racine police Sgt. Jessie Metoyer said officers received word from Beloit police that JaJuan Logan, 20, of Beloit, was at a residence here. Police monitored the home and observed him leaving the home Wednesday night in an attempt to leave the […]
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$5,000 Cash Bond for Man Who Threatened Neighbor with Gun
Racine County Circuit Court Commissioner Alice Rudebusch Monday assigned a $5,000 cash bond to Shane Stilo, 34, of Racine, for allegedly threatening his neighbors with a gun and threatening to kill them. Stilo was charged Monday in Racine County Circuit Court with one felony charge of illegally possessing a firearm, two felony charges of bail […]
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Identity Theft Suspect Could be Tied to California Drug Case
A 51-year-old man is being held at the Racine County Jail under the name John Doe because police are not sure of his real identity, and he could be tied to an open drug case in California. According to online court records, the man needs a Spanish interpreter so his initial appearance has been postponed […]
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Tips Needed to Find Camper Thieves
Racine police are asking for help finding the thieves who broke into a locked garage to steal a pop-up camper and truck tires. Officers were called to a residence in the 2000 Douglas Avenue on April 12 for a report of a stolen pop-up camper out of a locked garage. The owners told police […]
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Sturtevant Man Charged with Slashing Tires, Injuring Officer
Racine police say a 29-year-old Sturtevant man is facing charges after he allegedly slashed the tires of his ex-wife and injured a officer in a separate incident. Racine County Eye is not naming the man to protect the identity of the alleged victim in the tire case. According to online court records, the man was […]