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Juvenile court judge now faces federal child porn charges
A federal grand jury in Madison on Wednesday indicted a now-suspended Milwaukee County judge on two counts of distributing child pornography, adding to the child pornography possession charges he already faces in Dane County Circuit Court.
Circuit Judge Brett Blomme, 40, of Cottage Grove, who was assigned to the children’s court in Milwaukee County, now faces a mandatory minimum five years in prison on each of the two child pornography distribution charges he faces in U.S. District Court in Madison. The maximum penalty is 20 years in prison.
Man arrested for arson in Stoughton laundry fire
A man has been arrested and booked into the Dane County Jail for allegedly starting a small fire at a laundry in Stoughton over the weekend.
Jonathan M. Reeves, 27, who has no permanent address, was tentatively charged with arson for the fire just after 12 a.m. Sunday at Viking Laundry, 1425 E. Main St. It took about 10 minutes to put out the fire, according to the city's fire department. The police department said Reeves was on the scene and admitted to starting the fire.
Madison man agrees to plead guilty to attempted arson following Jacob Blake protest
A man charged last year with two attempted arsons during violence that followed a protest Downtown will plead guilty to one of the arson charges, according to an agreement filed Monday in federal court.
The plea agreement states Willie T. Johnson, 46, of Madison, will plead guilty to the count that pertains to an attempted arson at Chalmers Jewelers, 524 E. Washington Ave., following a protest Downtown early on Aug. 25 over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha.
26-year-old Middleton man arrested in connection with Beltline shooting that injured 1
Madison police have arrested a 26-year-old Middleton man in connection with a shooting on the Beltline last week that left one person injured.
Madison police's Violent Crime Unit arrested the man Tuesday, Officer Gracia Rodriguez said. He was booked into the Dane County Jail on a tentative charge of first-degree recklessly endangering safety.
Madison police find man on ground in parking lot with gunshot wound
Madison police found a man lying on the ground of an East Side parking lot Monday night with what investigators believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Officers responded to a report of a gunshot and a man in the parking lot in the 3,000 block of Webb Avenue just after 8:30 p.m., police spokeswoman Gracia Rodriguez said in a statement.
Complaint: Man cites evil spirits as reason for starting laundromat fire
A Minnesota man who police said admitted to setting a fire at a Stoughton laundromat last weekend said he did it to rid himself of evil spirits and a government tracking device.
Jonathan M. Reeves, 26, of Minneapolis, was charged Tuesday with arson. According to a criminal complaint, Reeves was standing near the main entrance of Viking Laundry, 1425 E. Main St., about 12:10 a.m. Sunday as two-foot flames shot out of a vent on the building’s east end.
Attorneys ask to withdraw from double homicide case; client doesn't agree
The attorneys for a man charged with shooting to death the parents of the man’s girlfriend have asked a judge to let them withdraw from the case, citing an attorney-client relationship that is “irreparably broken.”
Andrew Martinez and Jeremiah Meyer-O’Day told Dane County Circuit Judge Ellen Berz on Tuesday that they want to withdraw from representing Khari O. Sanford, 19, of Madison. Sanford is charged with two counts of first-degree intentional homicide for the shooting deaths last year of Dr. Beth Potter and her husband, Robin Carre.
Medical Examiner's Office identifies man, woman found dead from gunshot wounds in Sun Prairie
The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office has released the names of the man and woman who were found dead from gunshot wounds in a Sun Prairie home last week.
Jan V. Hyatt, 37, and Chad A. Rury, 35, both of Sun Prairie, were found dead after Sun Prairie police responded to a welfare check at the home at 370 S. Legacy Way about 5:45 p.m. May 5.
Beltline shooting that injured teen brings reckless endangerment, illegal gun possession charges
The victims of a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting last week on the Beltline told police the incident began as a case of apparent road rage before the driver of another car fired shots that struck one of the teens, according to court documents filed Thursday.
A criminal complaint charged JB Richmond Jr., 26, of Middleton, with two counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and one count of firearm possession by a felon for the incident that happened in the east lanes of the Beltline during the afternoon of May 6.
Attorneys allowed to withdraw from double homicide case; new counsel to be appointed
The attorneys for a man accused of shooting a Madison doctor and her husband to death last year were allowed to withdraw from the man’s case after a brief hearing Friday.
Andrew Martinez and Jeremiah Meyer-O’Day told Dane County Circuit Judge Ellen Berz that a conflict had come up in their representation of Khari O. Sanford, 19, of Madison, who is charged in the March 30, 2020, fatal shooting of Dr. Beth Potter and her husband, Robin Carre.
