ROCK COUNTY | WIFE SEVERELY BEATEN Beloit man who ‘loved his wife to death’ gets 7½ years for abusing her Jeff Richgels Mar 3, 2026 Mar 3, 2026 Updated Mar 3, 2026 × Top stories for March 2, 2026, in the Wisconsin State Journal Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Beloit man who told a judge that he “loved his wife to death” was sentenced last week to 7½ years in prison for abusing her, authorities reported.kAmx? s646>36C a_ad[ p2C@? r2CE6C[ da[ @7 u=@C:52[ A=62565 8F:=EJ E@ >F=E:A=6 5@>6DE:4 G:@=6?46 76=@?:6D[ 3FE @?=J 27E6C AC@D64FE@CD 4@F=5 D9@H 2 “D6=7:6 :? E96 D?@H[” AC@G:?8 E92E 9:D G:4E:> 925 7=@H? 7C@> u=@C:52 E@ (:D4@?D:? E@ E6DE:7J 282:?DE 9:>]k^AmkAmx? |2C49 a_ad[ r2CE6C H2D :? q6=@:E 7@C 2 72>:=J 7F?6C2= H96? 96 362E 9:D 49:=5’D >@E96C F?4@?D4:@FD[ E@@< 96C A9@?6 2?5 H2==6E 2?5 5C@G6 2H2J H:E9 E96:C 49:=5] %96 H@>2? 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Jury finds Beloit man guilty of homicide in 2025 shooting after week-long trial Dennis Banks, 32, went on a “rampage,” pistol-whipping one friend and pointing the gun at another, before murdering a third friend by shooting…
Wisconsin man gets 16½ years in prison for forging threats against Trump in deportation scheme A Milwaukee County jury in January convicted 52-year-old Demetric DeShawn Scott of felony identity theft, witness intimidation, bail jumping a…
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