CRIME & SAFETY

GREEN BAY – Two Green Bay brothers were sentenced to federal prison last week for selling fentanyl disguised as Percocet pills, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Don A.K. James, Jr., 24, and Frederick L. Brewer, 34, were both convicted of conspiracy to distribute fentanyl, possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute, and distributing fentanyl after a jury found them guilty at a joint trial in February. ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – A 32-year-old Green Bay man is facing several years in prison for allegedly drug trafficking and owning a firearm as a convicted felon. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, on Tuesday, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Fabian J. Duarte that alleges he was in possession of two firearms and intended to distribute cocaine and marijuana.

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GREEN BAY (NBC 26) — NBC 26 first reported last week that Green Bay Police records show various violations at several spas throughout the city, including sexual contact. Now, we're getting some answers from the Green Bay Police Department. "When we do the compliance checks, if there's somebody within...

WRIGHTSTOWN, Wis. (WFRV) – The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) is reporting a semi that is on fire on Interstate 41 northbound near the Outagamie/Brown County line. According to WisDOT, the fire is near Wrightstown on Interstate 41 northbound and happened around 3:30 p.m. As a result, all lanes...

A Green Bay man has been sentenced for his role in a 2022 police chase in Milwaukee. Iroquis Regazzi was ordered to spend 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty on charges of First Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety and being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. Once his...

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary is open to the public after multiple small fires Tuesday afternoon. The Green Bay Metro Fire Department was dispatched to sanctuary around 3:15 p.m. after receiving reports of a vegetation fire on a trail east of the nature center.

HOBART, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A state appeals court Tuesday upheld Jacob Cayer’s convictions for killing his ex-girlfriend and her mother in 2016. Cayer was convicted August 2020 of killing his ex-girlfriend, Sabrina Teague, and her mother, Heesun “Sunny” Teague, at a Hobart home. After a jury ruled he was not guilty by reason of mental disease, he was committed to a secure mental health facility.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - At approximately 6:15 p.m. on Sunday, June 4, 2023, the Green Bay Metro Fire Department was dispatched by the Brown County Emergency Communications Center to 3033 Sonoran Drive in Green Bay for report of a garage fire. When firefighters arrived on scene, they found an...

GREEN BAY - The city will hire a coordinator to lead its violence-prevention effort, using a $1 million state grant to address violence as a public-health problem. The City Council on Tuesday approved a salary of up to $83,000 per year for the first year of a three-year process. It's the first step in a process that Gov. Tony Evers announced in March in Green Bay.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Duane Waupoose was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for his role in a deadly fight on the Menominee Indian Reservation. He was also placed on five years supervised release after that by Judge William Griesbach at Friday’s sentencing, according to a court official.

PULASKI, Wis. (WBAY) - Frustration is growing among the parents of teens injured in a homecoming bonfire explosion last October in Shawano County. In November, the Shawano County Sheriff’s Office recommended charges to the district attorney’s office against three people. To date, just one of those people has faced charges in juvenile court.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Three people were formally charged Friday for a fight at a Green Bay funeral home that involved as many as 30 people. In the criminal complaints obtained by Action 2 News, witnesses say Anthony Stokes, 51, instigated the fight by being disruptive during a service at Blaney Funeral Home on Shawano Ave.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- Grant recipients who aim to reduce violence in Wisconsin gathered to exchange research and ideas at the Medical College of Wisconsin campus Tuesday, June 6. The state awarded MCW $10.4 million in American Rescue Plan funds to allocate to communities and organizations to address the rise...

GREEN BAY - The victim of a May 6 crash into the Fox River in downtown Green Bay has been identified Randi Van Lanen, 39, of Green Bay. She was the lone occupant of a car that left Main Street just east of the Ray Nitschke Memorial Bridge and plunged into the river about 7 p.m. May 6. Authorities recovered her body later that night, Green Bay police said.

A man was sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in more than 40 years after being convicted of killing a man in Green Bay, Wisconsin in 2021.

GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A motion to dismiss sexual assault charges against Taylor Schabusiness will be unsealed, but two photos attached to the motion will remain sealed, a judge decided Wednesday morning. A lab report which is also part of the motion will be unsealed, as well. Last...

A Brown County man has been arrested after he allegedly assaulted a man with disabilities. Law Enforcement was reportedly sent to a home in the 2800 block of Dunbar Drive in Howard Memorial Day morning, where they found 22-year-old Vincent Westphal and the victim, who has a spinal condition and uses a walker, arguing.

GREEN BAY - It'll begin with a phone or Zoom call to the Kansas City police department, and later, a trip to Detroit, as the Green Bay Police Department prepares for the NFL draft. Green Bay has roughly 23 months before hosting the 2025 NFL draft, but Police Chief Chris...

THURSDAY, 6/1/2023 – 12:27 p.m. DE PERE, Wis. (WFRV) – Officers in De Pere have provided an update on the traffic incident that closed the area of Main and Train Bridge earlier on Thursday. According to the De Pere Police Department, lanes have now reopened. No further details...