CRIME & SAFETY
Man accused of attacking elderly man enters not guilty plea
A Rice Lake man who allegedly attacked and bit off a fingertip of a 73-year-old man on a city trail has pleaded not guilty to charges filed against him. Robert L. Morrison, 59, was charged on March 21 with two felonies: physical abuse of elder person — intentionally causing great bodily harm, and aggravated battery — intending great bodily harm, which is carrying an increased penalty because the victim was elderly. ...
Plea deal reached in bar brawl case
A Rice Lake man accused with three others of beating a man in a bar fight in June reached a plea deal in Barron County Circuit Court. Tyler J. Ulrich, 25, was charged on June 13 with felony substantial battery-intend bodily harm as a party to a crime and misdemeanor resisting or obstructing an officer. The felony charge was reduced to battery as a repeater but not as a party...
Man sentenced for area burglaries
During an April 16 hearing in Sawyer County Circuit Court, a Turtle Lake man was sentenced to four years probation and assessed restitution for cabin break-ins in the towns of Meteor, Weirgor and Winter during early 2021. Kevin Gregory Johnson, 49, who is currently incarcerated in the Stanley Correctional Institution, had been sentenced earlier to prison in Barron, Rusk and Washburn counties. Johnson was charged with a string of more...
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