By Steve Neavling A man accused of opening fire at a crowded Milwaukee park and killing two people and injuring three others in May 2006 was captured in Mexico, the FBI announced Friday. Octaviano Juarez-Corro, who disappeared after the shooting, was placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in September. He was wanted…
Michael E. Hensle has been named special agent in charge of the FBI’s Milwaukee Field Office.
A man accused of opening fire at a crowded Milwaukee park and killing two people and injuring three others in May 2006 has been placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.
The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the police shooting of a Black man in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Sunday.
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A mural celebrating a woman on the FBI’s most wanted list was quickly removed from the campus of Marquette University in Wisconsin following complaints. The Journal Sentinel reports that the mural of Assata Shakur was displayed in March at the Marquette Gender and Sexuality Resource Center. But university officials weren’t happy….
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The national outcry over cop-involved shootings may mean more accountability in Wisconsin. Gov. Scott Walker said he may change his mind and include in the budget enough money to hire five state Justice Department staffers to investigate the officer-involved deaths, the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel reports. “If DOJ feels as though additional…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 21-year-old college student in Wisconsin is accused of trying to make ricin, prompting the FBI and police to block off a four-block area Friday after finding a white substance, the Associated Press reports. Authorities became concerned after professors at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh expressed concerns that the student was making the…
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Wisconsin Department of Justice delayed investigations of child pornography tips for months, the Post Crescent reports. Criticism of the DOJ’s Internet child pornography unit mounted in March, when Milwaukee Special Agent-in-Charge Willie Brantley was fired and Special Agent Anna King resigned. It was discovered that nearly four dozen cases languished…
