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Police: Sheboygan man steals car from woman, gets stuck in snow
Sheboygan Press staff • February 23, 2009
Sheboygan Police captured a car thief early this morning with help from an unlikely ally — snow.
According to the release from the department, a 42-year-old Sheboygan man was arrested after he allegedly stole a car from a woman at around 2 a.m. in the area of South 10th Street and Broadway Avenue.
Police said the husband of the victim called police, saying his wife was picking him up at a friend’s house, and while she waiting for him in the vehicle with the engine running a man approached the car and got in. The suspect grabbed the victim, shook her and told her to get out of the car, police said.
Fearing for her safety, the woman got out of the car and ran to the house. Her husband was leaving at the same time, and saw the suspect driving away in the car.
While checking the area a short time later, Police Officer Brandon Kehoe found the suspect trying to break free from a snowdrift in the stolen car several blocks away and arrested the man. No one else was in the vehicle.
The suspect, who was not identified by police, faces charges of robbery and second-offense OWI. He also had an outstanding bench warrant.
The victim’s car was not damaged.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Bouncers face charges in beating of patron at Muskego bar
Okay, its not Sheboygan, but I feel its still just as bizarre and close to home. The last line is the part that makes it bizarre.
Bouncers face charges in beating of patron at Muskego bar
By Jacqui Seibel of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Feb. 20, 2009
Muskego - Two bouncers at Bushy's Pub & Grill are facing criminal charges accusing them of beating a patron until he was unconscious, police said.
Eric R. Hummer, 42, of Waukesha told police he needed staples to close a head wound and suffered a concussion, a broken rib and other bumps and bruises from two bouncers at the popular bar. He says he did nothing to provoke the assault, according to the police report.
The Jan. 17 incident sparked a flurry of posts to Craigslist, including one from a witness who said he didn't know any of the parties and was visiting Bushy's for the first time the night of the incident. After posting his account on the online site he reported what he witnessed to police. According to the police report, one of the bouncers responded to the Craigslist post by the witness, telling him that Hummer charged at the bouncers.
Police are recommending that the Waukesha County district attorney charge the bouncers, a 27-year-old Milwaukee man and a 32-year-old Hales Corners man, with felony battery, Capt. John LaTour said.
According to the police report:
Hummer and a friend were at Bushy's on Janesville Road about midnight Jan. 16. After finishing one beer, they each ordered a second and a male bartender threw a stack of napkins at them.
Hummer and his friend said they were confused by this because they didn't spill anything. Then the bartender told them they were causing trouble and had to leave, the police report says. The friend was trying to ask the bartender what was going on when Hummer was grabbed by the two bouncers and forced to the ground.
The bouncers held his arms, kicked Hummer in the side and struck him in the face. The bouncers then picked up Hummer, already bloody and bruised, pushed him toward the door and then outside and to the ground. As he fell, Hummer's head struck a jagged stone pillar.
Hummer's friend told police Hummer was unconscious and blood was pouring from his head as he lay outside.
Hummer reported the beating to police Jan. 19, the same day the man who had posted to Craigslist called police. The witness said he walked outside to see Hummer "out cold" and blood coming from his head.
The bartender told police he asked the bouncers to remove the men from the bar because Hummer refused to put a coaster under his beer, the report says.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/39887432.html
Bouncers face charges in beating of patron at Muskego bar
By Jacqui Seibel of the Journal Sentinel
Posted: Feb. 20, 2009
Muskego - Two bouncers at Bushy's Pub & Grill are facing criminal charges accusing them of beating a patron until he was unconscious, police said.
Eric R. Hummer, 42, of Waukesha told police he needed staples to close a head wound and suffered a concussion, a broken rib and other bumps and bruises from two bouncers at the popular bar. He says he did nothing to provoke the assault, according to the police report.
The Jan. 17 incident sparked a flurry of posts to Craigslist, including one from a witness who said he didn't know any of the parties and was visiting Bushy's for the first time the night of the incident. After posting his account on the online site he reported what he witnessed to police. According to the police report, one of the bouncers responded to the Craigslist post by the witness, telling him that Hummer charged at the bouncers.
Police are recommending that the Waukesha County district attorney charge the bouncers, a 27-year-old Milwaukee man and a 32-year-old Hales Corners man, with felony battery, Capt. John LaTour said.
According to the police report:
Hummer and a friend were at Bushy's on Janesville Road about midnight Jan. 16. After finishing one beer, they each ordered a second and a male bartender threw a stack of napkins at them.
Hummer and his friend said they were confused by this because they didn't spill anything. Then the bartender told them they were causing trouble and had to leave, the police report says. The friend was trying to ask the bartender what was going on when Hummer was grabbed by the two bouncers and forced to the ground.
The bouncers held his arms, kicked Hummer in the side and struck him in the face. The bouncers then picked up Hummer, already bloody and bruised, pushed him toward the door and then outside and to the ground. As he fell, Hummer's head struck a jagged stone pillar.
Hummer's friend told police Hummer was unconscious and blood was pouring from his head as he lay outside.
Hummer reported the beating to police Jan. 19, the same day the man who had posted to Craigslist called police. The witness said he walked outside to see Hummer "out cold" and blood coming from his head.
The bartender told police he asked the bouncers to remove the men from the bar because Hummer refused to put a coaster under his beer, the report says.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/39887432.html
Monday, September 22, 2008
Man Gets Six Years For Stealing Piggy Bank
http://www.wapt.com/money/17526957/detail.html
Wisconsin Man Has Criminal Past
POSTED: 7:46 am CDT September 22, 2008
UPDATED: 10:17 am CDT September 22, 2008
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. -- A man has been convicted of sneaking into a 2-year-old girl's bedroom and stealing $20 from a piggy bank while she slept and was sentenced to six years in prison.
Four-time convicted burglar Ryan Mueller was convicted last week after a two-day jury trial of felony burglary as a repeat offender. The 31-year-old from Sheboygan Falls was accused of breaking into the Town of Wilson home last August of 2007. The girl's mother Julie Herschleb walked into the room as Mueller shook money from the bank. She told Judge L. Edward Stengel the burglary left her fearful and sleepless. Stengel also sentenced Mueller to five years probation, which would be consecutive to a six-year prison sentence Stengel handed down in June for another burglary conviction.
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Sunday, August 3, 2008
Man rescued from raft on Lake Michigan
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SHEBOYGAN -- A man floated a mile out into Lake Michigan and had to be rescued after the wind caught his raft this afternoon, according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department.
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The man, whose identity was not immediately available, was in the water with his son just off Blue Harbor Resort and Conference Center when the wind sent him off a sandbar and out into the lake, Sgt. Doug Tuttle said. The man was diabetic and unable to paddle or swim in himself.The incident occurred about 12:30 p.m.Family members alerted the U.S. Coast Guard, but a sheriff’s department boat responded because the Coast Guard craft was not in port, Tuttle said.Tuttle advised beachgoers to keep in mind that winds typically blow out over the lake and can pick up quickly.
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SHEBOYGAN -- A man floated a mile out into Lake Michigan and had to be rescued after the wind caught his raft this afternoon, according to the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Department.
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The man, whose identity was not immediately available, was in the water with his son just off Blue Harbor Resort and Conference Center when the wind sent him off a sandbar and out into the lake, Sgt. Doug Tuttle said. The man was diabetic and unable to paddle or swim in himself.The incident occurred about 12:30 p.m.Family members alerted the U.S. Coast Guard, but a sheriff’s department boat responded because the Coast Guard craft was not in port, Tuttle said.Tuttle advised beachgoers to keep in mind that winds typically blow out over the lake and can pick up quickly.
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Drunk runs into Parade in Sheboygan
From JSOnline:
http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=8/2/2008&id=44220
Update: Police suspect driver was drunk
A police officer looks under the car that crashed into a group of people watching a parade at N. 14th street and Erie Saturday in Sheboygan. Photo/Jeffrey Phelps
Mario A. WhitePolice suspect a 21-year-old man was drunk when he led Sheboygan County sheriff's deputies on a chase before he crashed into a parade in Sheboygan this morning, injuring four people.Mario A. White, of Sheboygan, was arrested on suspicion of injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle. White led deputies on a chase from I-43 near Highway 42 to downtown Sheboygan, sheriff's Capt. David Adams said.At 9:23 a.m., Sheriff's Department dispatchers received a 911 call reporting an erratic driver. Deputies located his vehicle, a Mercury Grand Marquis. White eventually headed east on Highway 23 into Sheboygan at 80 mph, Adams said.The car slowed to 60 mph around N. 23rd St., continued on Erie Ave. and lost control, striking a Sheboygan police captain in the left leg. He was treated and released, Adams said.The Grand Marquis went over the curb at 14th St. and Erie Ave. on the parade route, striking two women and a 6-year-old boy. None of their injuries is life-threatening.When deputies arrived, people in the parade crowd were holding White on the ground. Deputies took White into custody. The pursuit lasted less than 2 minutes.The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the accident, and the Sheriff's Department will investigate the pursuit. Both investigations will be given to the district attorney's office for review.The parade was part of Johnsonville's Brat Days, a three-day festival.The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department and Wisconsin State Patrol are asking anyone that has video of the chase and the crash that occurred during the Bratwurst Day Parade to contact either department at (920) 459-3114.
http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=8/2/2008&id=44220
Update: Police suspect driver was drunk
A police officer looks under the car that crashed into a group of people watching a parade at N. 14th street and Erie Saturday in Sheboygan. Photo/Jeffrey Phelps
Mario A. WhitePolice suspect a 21-year-old man was drunk when he led Sheboygan County sheriff's deputies on a chase before he crashed into a parade in Sheboygan this morning, injuring four people.Mario A. White, of Sheboygan, was arrested on suspicion of injury by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle. White led deputies on a chase from I-43 near Highway 42 to downtown Sheboygan, sheriff's Capt. David Adams said.At 9:23 a.m., Sheriff's Department dispatchers received a 911 call reporting an erratic driver. Deputies located his vehicle, a Mercury Grand Marquis. White eventually headed east on Highway 23 into Sheboygan at 80 mph, Adams said.The car slowed to 60 mph around N. 23rd St., continued on Erie Ave. and lost control, striking a Sheboygan police captain in the left leg. He was treated and released, Adams said.The Grand Marquis went over the curb at 14th St. and Erie Ave. on the parade route, striking two women and a 6-year-old boy. None of their injuries is life-threatening.When deputies arrived, people in the parade crowd were holding White on the ground. Deputies took White into custody. The pursuit lasted less than 2 minutes.The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the accident, and the Sheriff's Department will investigate the pursuit. Both investigations will be given to the district attorney's office for review.The parade was part of Johnsonville's Brat Days, a three-day festival.The Sheboygan County Sheriff's Department and Wisconsin State Patrol are asking anyone that has video of the chase and the crash that occurred during the Bratwurst Day Parade to contact either department at (920) 459-3114.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Wis. Man Accused of Stomping Pet Fish
Wis. Man Accused of Stomping Pet Fish
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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - A man accused of stomping a pet tropical fish to death during a dispute with a girlfriend faces charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property. Anastacio Molina Jr., 40, was charged Wednesday in Sheboygan County Circuit Court.
The criminal complaint said police were called to Molina's home about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after a caller said he was destroying things in the house.
Police had already been called to the house five hours earlier because of a verbal dispute when Molina ordered his girlfriend to move out.
When officers arrived the second time, they found remains of the pet fish, an Oscar, on the sidewalk, the complaint said, and the girlfriend's 12-year-old son told police Molina took it out of its tank and stomped it to death.
Molina also broke a stereo and shattered a picture window, the complaint said.
Both misdemeanor charges have penalty enhancers because of a prior conviction for child abuse. They carry up to four years in prison and up to $11,000 in fines.
Defense lawyer Patricia Adelman was not available when The Associated Press called her home number Wednesday night seeking comment.
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SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) - A man accused of stomping a pet tropical fish to death during a dispute with a girlfriend faces charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property. Anastacio Molina Jr., 40, was charged Wednesday in Sheboygan County Circuit Court.
The criminal complaint said police were called to Molina's home about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday after a caller said he was destroying things in the house.
Police had already been called to the house five hours earlier because of a verbal dispute when Molina ordered his girlfriend to move out.
When officers arrived the second time, they found remains of the pet fish, an Oscar, on the sidewalk, the complaint said, and the girlfriend's 12-year-old son told police Molina took it out of its tank and stomped it to death.
Molina also broke a stereo and shattered a picture window, the complaint said.
Both misdemeanor charges have penalty enhancers because of a prior conviction for child abuse. They carry up to four years in prison and up to $11,000 in fines.
Defense lawyer Patricia Adelman was not available when The Associated Press called her home number Wednesday night seeking comment.
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Information from: The Sheboygan Press, http://www.sheboygan-press.com
Someday you might hear: Sheboygan, we have liftoff
Someday you might hear: Sheboygan, we have liftoff
Wisconsin city plans to build a spaceport, offer rides to tourists
By TIM JONES Chicago Tribune
NOT ALONE Sheboygan isn't alone in the space race. Other states and towns are vying for the evolving tourism business.
• Florida: Gov. Jeb Bush asked lawmakers to commit $55 million next year to attract new space ventures. He is also pushing a commercial spaceport.
• New Mexico: The state has committed about $130 million — half the cost — to build a desert launch facility for British entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic airline. Sightseeing flights are scheduled to begin in late 2008.
• Texas: According to news reports, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos plans to use his 165,000-acre ranch near Van Horn, about 110 miles southeast of El Paso, for a spaceport for tourism.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. -->
SHEBOYGAN, WIS. - Some people, as Robert Kennedy once said, are content to look at the world and ask why.
But in Sheboygan, where untold thousands of tons of sausage have been crammed into sheep casings, some yearn for a life beyond the smoky barbecue haze of the "Bratwurst Capital of the World." So they look to the heavens and ask "Why not?"
Why not make Sheboygan a launch pad to outer space?
Why let the legendary Cape Canaveral be the tourist magnet for most things space when Sheboygan could just as easily be the Midwest space-research center and 21st-century catapult, vaulting adventurous people into space?
That's the plan Sheboygan officials envision. Build on an existing annual rocketry event on Lake Michigan. Attract millions of the curious from surrounding states by converting a hulking, World War II-vintage armory into a space-research center and build a planetarium next door. And then, with an infusion of private and public money, cash in on the next new frontier — commercial tourism that would carry small groups of people in rocket jet vehicles for half-hour, quarter-million-dollar, suborbital rides.
It's tempting to dismiss "Spaceport Sheboygan," as it is called, as another hokey Wisconsin tourist gimmick. But the Sheboygan proposal might not be goofy at all. Along Lake Michigan, Jim Testwuide, a local businessman involved in the proposal, said, "It's not just five sod-lifters from Sheboygan" with a big idea. "We feel it has legs to take off," Testwuide said.
Here's why: Sheboygan has been firing small rockets into the atmosphere — some as high as 35 miles — for a decade as part of the popular Rockets for Schools program.
The area boasts a massive block of restricted air space over Lake Michigan, granted by the government more than a half-century ago for military munitions testing. This no-fly zone provides an ideal safety buffer for vertical rocket and horizontal jet-plane space launches.
Former astronauts, including James Lovell, have endorsed the Spaceport Sheboygan proposal. Plenty of area politicians have joined the why-not chorus.
The Wisconsin Legislature is considering a measure to create a state aerospace authority, which could sell up to $100 million in bonds to purchase yet-to-be-identified land and build a launch facility.
Sheboygan plans a groundbreaking for the space center next winter, with a targeted opening date of March 2008.
Building a launch site for commercial space travel may be years down the road because private and public financing, public support and political will to endorse it are not assured.
Wisconsin city plans to build a spaceport, offer rides to tourists
By TIM JONES Chicago Tribune
NOT ALONE Sheboygan isn't alone in the space race. Other states and towns are vying for the evolving tourism business.
• Florida: Gov. Jeb Bush asked lawmakers to commit $55 million next year to attract new space ventures. He is also pushing a commercial spaceport.
• New Mexico: The state has committed about $130 million — half the cost — to build a desert launch facility for British entrepreneur Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic airline. Sightseeing flights are scheduled to begin in late 2008.
• Texas: According to news reports, Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos plans to use his 165,000-acre ranch near Van Horn, about 110 miles southeast of El Paso, for a spaceport for tourism.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. -->
SHEBOYGAN, WIS. - Some people, as Robert Kennedy once said, are content to look at the world and ask why.
But in Sheboygan, where untold thousands of tons of sausage have been crammed into sheep casings, some yearn for a life beyond the smoky barbecue haze of the "Bratwurst Capital of the World." So they look to the heavens and ask "Why not?"
Why not make Sheboygan a launch pad to outer space?
Why let the legendary Cape Canaveral be the tourist magnet for most things space when Sheboygan could just as easily be the Midwest space-research center and 21st-century catapult, vaulting adventurous people into space?
That's the plan Sheboygan officials envision. Build on an existing annual rocketry event on Lake Michigan. Attract millions of the curious from surrounding states by converting a hulking, World War II-vintage armory into a space-research center and build a planetarium next door. And then, with an infusion of private and public money, cash in on the next new frontier — commercial tourism that would carry small groups of people in rocket jet vehicles for half-hour, quarter-million-dollar, suborbital rides.
It's tempting to dismiss "Spaceport Sheboygan," as it is called, as another hokey Wisconsin tourist gimmick. But the Sheboygan proposal might not be goofy at all. Along Lake Michigan, Jim Testwuide, a local businessman involved in the proposal, said, "It's not just five sod-lifters from Sheboygan" with a big idea. "We feel it has legs to take off," Testwuide said.
Here's why: Sheboygan has been firing small rockets into the atmosphere — some as high as 35 miles — for a decade as part of the popular Rockets for Schools program.
The area boasts a massive block of restricted air space over Lake Michigan, granted by the government more than a half-century ago for military munitions testing. This no-fly zone provides an ideal safety buffer for vertical rocket and horizontal jet-plane space launches.
Former astronauts, including James Lovell, have endorsed the Spaceport Sheboygan proposal. Plenty of area politicians have joined the why-not chorus.
The Wisconsin Legislature is considering a measure to create a state aerospace authority, which could sell up to $100 million in bonds to purchase yet-to-be-identified land and build a launch facility.
Sheboygan plans a groundbreaking for the space center next winter, with a targeted opening date of March 2008.
Building a launch site for commercial space travel may be years down the road because private and public financing, public support and political will to endorse it are not assured.
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