CRIME & SAFETY
Armed suspect in Wisconsin killed by police, Department of Justice investigating
BELOIT, Wis. (WFRV) – Authorities say they are investigating an incident in which a suspect armed with two bladed weapons was killed by police Sunday morning in southern Wisconsin. According to a release from the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ), officers with the Beloit Police Department responded to a...
12th OWI arrest for Wisconsin man pulled over on I-41
12th OWI arrest for Wisconsin man pulled over on I-41.
‘Modern-day Bonnie and Clyde’: Wisconsin man and woman arrested for theft in Texas
MARSHALL, Texas (KETK) – The Marshall Police Department said that they arrested a man and a woman following a theft incident at a Walmart in Marshall on Friday night. According to Marshall PD, officers were called to the scene on Friday to respond to a shoplifting incident involving a man and a woman. Bridgette Eleanor […]
The long road to end solitary confinement in Wisconsin
Nearly a year and a half has passed since Kerrie Hirte – a mother from Green Bay – learned that her 20-year-old daughter, Cilivea Thyrion, had committed suicide while confined in a solitary cell at the Milwaukee County Jail. Since that December day in 2022, Hirte has grappled with painful questions about how to protect others from what her daughter experienced. For Hirte and many others there is no solution without an end to solitary confinement in jails and prisons.
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