Madison police are asking for the public’s assistance as its Violent Crime Unit continues to investigate a weekend homicide that occurred inside an apartment on McKenna Boulevard on the city’s West Side.
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Homicides, hidden cameras found in students' hotel rooms top recent notable crimes in Madison area
Judge orders competency exam for Madison man accused of killing sister
A judge on Thursday ordered a competency evaluation for a Madison man accused of shooting his sister to death at her home on Christmas Eve.
State Assistant Public Defender Laura Breun asked for the examination for Joseph G. Green, 57, before a preliminary hearing was scheduled to occur before Dane County Circuit Judge Valerie Bailey-Rihn.
Green is charged with first-degree intentional homicide. Police said they believe Green shot his sister, Sheila M. Green, 63, multiple times Dec. 24 at her home on South Midvale Boulevard.
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Trial ordered for Madison man in drug deal robbery that turned into homicide
A Madison man charged in the shooting death of an 18-year-old Dodgeville man last month was ordered to stand trial Thursday after a preliminary hearing.
Marcus T. Hamilton, 20, is charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the shooting death of Gunnar T.G. Holum on Dec. 14. The shooting happened in the 1000 block of Spruce Street on Madison’s Near West Side.
Hamilton is also charged with four counts of attempted armed robbery and four counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, along with felony bail jumping.
Read the full story here, and an earlier story on the case here.
DOJ seeking information on past East High School business club trips in hidden camera investigation
The Wisconsin Department of Justice is looking to collect information on past trips of an East High School’s business club as part of the DOJ’s role in an investigation into hidden cameras found by students inside their Minneapolis hotel rooms earlier this month.
In a Dec. 16 email to some parents, interim East principal Brendan Kearney shared a message the district received from the DOJ regarding the law enforcement agency’s role in the investigation. The email had a subject line of: “Important Message to the Parents of East DECA Trip Alumni.”
Complaint: Ex-cop handcuffed girl during sexual assaults while with Madison Police Department
Police in Miami arrested a former Madison police officer Wednesday on charges he sexually assaulted a teenage girl from 2009 to 2012 while he was an officer in Madison.
A criminal complaint filed under seal on Dec. 12 but unsealed Thursday charges Morris A. Reid, 56, who retired from the Madison Police Department in 2013 rather than be fired, with two counts of sexual assault of a child under 16, three counts of child enticement, misconduct in office and making threats. All of the charges are felonies.
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