Crime Report (June 24-30, 2020)
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Here are the crime stories published online and in the print product of the Kenosha News between June 24 and June 30, 2020.
- DENEEN SMITH
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Tyler Huffhines, the alleged leader of a huge blackmarket THC vape manufacturing ring, rejected a plea offer Monday that recommended a six-year prison sentence.
Huffhines, 20, of Paddock Lake, is charged with six felonies, including three counts of possession of in excess of 10,000 grams of THC with intent to deliver.
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A Twin Lakes woman has been arrested and charged with five felony counts of theft and money laundering.
The Fox Lake Police Department announced the arrest Friday of Michele L. Kirk, a.k.a. Michele L. Fitte, 50, of Twin Lakes.
- DENEEN SMITH
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A Chicago man was charged this week for a violent home invasion that happened in December.
Calvin Richardson, 34, was charged with armed burglary, false imprisonment—use of a dangerous weapon, armed robbery with use of force, first-degree reckless injury and aggravated battery.
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Deputies hunt men who dumped car
Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department deputies searched unsuccessfully Monday night for two men believed to have dumped a car after a chase with Racine law enforcement.
- DENEEN SMITH
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A 52-year-old Kenosha man who was at a Back the Blue rally in support of police is facing a possible felony charge after allegedly punching a plainclothes police officer.
The man, who is not being named because he has not been charged, was arrested at the Back the Blue rally Saturday after allegedly punching a police officer. He spent the weekend in jail on recommended charges of battery to a police officer and disorderly conduct. He was released on a signature bond Monday without charges
- KEVIN MURPHY For The Kenosha News
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MADISON — In a case where an attorney should have listened to her client, an appeals court ordered the state to release a former Kenosha man from prison or grant him a new appeal after concluding the attorney didn’t pursue the best grounds for appeal.
Antonio G. Ramirez Jr., 45, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted in 2001 of first-degree sexual assault of a child, and several related child-sex offenses occurring in 1998-99.
- DENEEN SMITH
Tyler Huffhines, the alleged leader of a huge blackmarket THC vape manufacturing ring, rejected a plea offer Monday that recommended a six-year prison sentence.
Huffhines, 20, of Paddock Lake, is charged with six felonies, including three counts of possession of in excess of 10,000 grams of THC with intent to deliver.
- KENOSHA NEWS STAFF
A Twin Lakes woman has been arrested and charged with five felony counts of theft and money laundering.
The Fox Lake Police Department announced the arrest Friday of Michele L. Kirk, a.k.a. Michele L. Fitte, 50, of Twin Lakes.
- DENEEN SMITH
A Chicago man was charged this week for a violent home invasion that happened in December.
Calvin Richardson, 34, was charged with armed burglary, false imprisonment—use of a dangerous weapon, armed robbery with use of force, first-degree reckless injury and aggravated battery.
Deputies hunt men who dumped car
Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department deputies searched unsuccessfully Monday night for two men believed to have dumped a car after a chase with Racine law enforcement.
- DENEEN SMITH
A 52-year-old Kenosha man who was at a Back the Blue rally in support of police is facing a possible felony charge after allegedly punching a plainclothes police officer.
The man, who is not being named because he has not been charged, was arrested at the Back the Blue rally Saturday after allegedly punching a police officer. He spent the weekend in jail on recommended charges of battery to a police officer and disorderly conduct. He was released on a signature bond Monday without charges
- KEVIN MURPHY For The Kenosha News
MADISON — In a case where an attorney should have listened to her client, an appeals court ordered the state to release a former Kenosha man from prison or grant him a new appeal after concluding the attorney didn’t pursue the best grounds for appeal.
Antonio G. Ramirez Jr., 45, was sentenced to 50 years in prison after being convicted in 2001 of first-degree sexual assault of a child, and several related child-sex offenses occurring in 1998-99.
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A Racine man was found with a handgun after shots were fired during a fight outside a Kenosha tavern Saturday.

