CRIME & SAFETY
Kenosha teacher under investigation
KENOSHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- A relationship between a student and teacher is in question in Kenosha. That teacher is on administrative leave while Kenosha Unified and the district attorney's office investigate. We are not naming the teacher or the school because there are no criminal charges right now, and...
2 Lake Villa men charged with setting fire to former Round Lake Beach movie theater
ROUND LAKE BEACH, Ill. - Two Lake County men are facing arson charges after allegedly setting fire to an old movie theater in Round Lake Beach over the weekend. Round Lake Beach police and firefighters responded to a blaze at the former Regal Cinemas, located at 550 E. Rollins Rd., at 8:20 p.m. on Saturday.
Racine County police chase, drug arrest; Kenosha man in custody
MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. - A 31-year-old man from Kenosha is in police custody following a traffic stop that led to police chase in Mount Pleasant late on Sunday, April 21. Officials with the Racine County Sheriff's Office identified the man in custody in a news release as Lamar Hackett. Officials...
Former Taycheedah inmate pleads not guilty to July 19 killing of cellmate Cindy Schulz-Juedes
Taylor L. Sanchez, of Trevor, faces a charge of first-degree intentional homicide in the death of Cindy Schulz-Juedes, 68. Schulz-Juedes was convicted in October 2021 of being a party to the crime of first-degree intentional homicide in the 2006 death of her husband Kenneth Juedes. In June 2022, Marathon County Circuit Judge Michael Moran sentenced Schulz-Juedes to life in prison. Schulz-Juedes continued to say she was innocent of the crime until her death. Her appeal of the conviction continues in the appellate system.
1 person pulled from house fire in Kenosha, taken to hospital by Flight for Life
KENOSHA, Wis. (CBS 58) -- One person was rescued from fire at a home in Kenosha on Wednesday, April 24. Officials were called to a home on 5th Avenue, just north of 68th Street, just after 12:30 p.m. The one victim pulled from the home was taken to a hospital...
Sturtevant Kwik Trip road rage shooting, Oak Creek man pleads guilty
STURTEVANT, Wis. - Gage Cortez of Oak Creek pleaded guilty on Monday, April 22 to first-degree recklessly endangering safety in connection with a Sturtevant road rage shooting in November 2022. A second charge of first-degree reckless injury was dismissed and read into the court record for the purposes of sentencing.
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