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Yahoo
22-05-2025
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33-year-old man dies at Milwaukee County Jail, second inmate death there in 2 months
A 33-year-old man died in the Milwaukee County Jail, the second publicly reported death there in roughly two months. The man died May 21 after experiencing a medical emergency, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office said. He was booked into custody in November on a felony charge of possession of methamphetamine. The sheriff's office did not provide his name. The man's cellmate alerted a corrections officer about 7:41 p.m. that he appeared to be unconscious and in medical distress, the sheriff's office said in a statement. Then, multiple officers and supervisors responded and began trying to save the man's life, the statement said. They twice administered Narcan, a medication used in cases of a suspected overdose. Crews from the Milwaukee Fire Department responded about 7:51 p.m. and began working on him too, but the man was declared dead at 8:19 p.m. The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office will investigate the death. In March a 49-year-old inmate also died at the Milwaukee County Jail after what the sheriff's office called a medical emergency. More: Man's death at Ozaukee County Jail ruled an overdose. Deputies treated him for withdrawal This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: 33-year-old man dies at Milwaukee County Jail, sheriff's office says
Yahoo
15-04-2025
- Politics
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Teen accused of killing his parents and plotting to kill Trump captured in Kansas
WaKeeney, a city of about 1,800 people in northwest Kansas, was the site of the Feb. 28 capture of a Wisconsin teenager who had killed his parents and plotted to kill President Donald Trump. Details of the crimes allegedly committed by Nikita Casap, 17, were revealed in an FBI affidavit unsealed April 11. Casap killed his mother, 35-year-old Tatiana Casap, and his stepfather, 51-year-old Donald Mayer, at their home in Waukesha, Wisconsin, to "obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary" to assassinate Trump, the affidavit said. The bodies of Mayer and Tatiana Casap were found Feb. 28 at their home, and Mayer's Volkswagen Atlas car was listed as stolen immediately afterward. Nikita Casap was arrested later that day after running a stop sign while driving Mayer's car in WaKeeney, the affidavit said. Mayer's handgun, his driver's license, ammunition and $14,000 cash were found in the car, it said. Authorities think Nikita Casap fatally shot his mother and stepfather more than two weeks before their bodies were found. He faces charges that include two counts each of first-degree murder and hiding a corpse. The FBI affidavit says probable cause also exists to believe that crimes committed include a presidential assassination attempt, conspiracy and use of weapons of mass destruction. The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office obtained a search warrant for Casap's phone and found information related to "The Order of Nine Angels," an extremist neo-Nazi group, the affidavit said. The document accused Jewish people of promoting white genocide and degeneracy. "Jewish occupied governments must fall," it said, adding that the white race "cannot survive unless America collapses." The document also contained images of Adolf Hitler accompanied by the text, "Hail Hitler Hail the white race hail victory." The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office also found text messages in Russian and a three-page document discussing assassination, bomb-making and terrorist attacks, the affidavit said. Casap had told a classmate he planned to kill his parents, according to the affidavit. Casap also told the classmate he was in contact with someone in Russia who was part of a plot to kill Trump and overthrow the U.S. government. A three-page document the affidavit says was found on Casap's phone, apparently written by Casap, said killing Trump would bring chaos to the nation. The affidavit says Casap "paid for, at least in part, a drone and explosives to be used as a weapon of mass destruction to commit an attack. The killing of his parents appeared to be an effort to obtain the financial means and autonomy necessary to carry out his plan.' Contact Tim Hrenchir at threnchir@ or 785-213-5934. This article originally appeared on Topeka Capital-Journal: Teen accused of killing parents, plotting to kill Trump found in Kansas
Yahoo
29-03-2025
- Business
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Why did the Delafield Applebee's close? Questions remain following unexpected eviction
DELAFIELD - The Applebee's in Delafield has closed, but for business reasons that remained unclear three days after the fact. At least, the action that culminated in the restaurant's sudden closing, a March 25 eviction initiated by the owner of the commercial property at 3100 Golf Road for unpaid rent, caught Delafield city officials by surprise — to the extent that they weren't made aware of what occurred until the process was complete. Mayor Tim Aicher himself has spent a little bit of time trying to piece together limited bits of information currently available. Aicher said he found out about the sudden closing and eviction through a memo sent by the Delafield Police Department, which had assisted the Waukesha County Sheriff's Office in the execution of the eviction. It left him wondering what's going on. "I wish I did (know)," he said Friday in a phone interview. "I really don't." According to online court records, the local outlet for the national restaurant chain was formally evicted by the property owner, New York-based Nagawaukee MZL LLC, about three weeks after a court-ordered action in Waukesha County Circuit Court. According to media reports, including the Milwaukee Business Journal and WISN TV, employees were ushered out without warning on Tuesday. The eviction order, which started with a court summons and complaint on Feb. 13, was finalized under a default judgment when a representative for the tenant, SBG Apple North VII LLC, failed to attend a March 3 hearing. Court documents indicated tens of thousands of dollars in lease payments were owed, seemingly closing the door permanently following the eviction. However, another eviction process hearing known as a return date was scheduled this week for May 5. It's unclear if that hearing will open the door for the tenant company to belatedly respond to the eviction order. The situation has left itself open to speculation, which Aicher said he and Delafield city staff officials have engaged in as they try to make sense of it all. He added he wasn't aware of any business concerns, such as a lack of patronage, that indicated an eviction might be coming. Even then, he assumed a landlord would choose to avoid leaving a building vacant, instead "ride it along and buy time" with a current tenant until someone else expressed interest. "Typically, you wouldn't evict somebody unless you had another tenant," Aicher said, acknowledging city officials are unaware of any of the details. "The person who knows the most would be the property owner, and I do not have a direct line with them." The mayor said the eviction dampened the enthusiasm of Delafield officials for local restaurant site revitalizations as established chains previously vacated key spots in the city. Those included the emergence of a new Olive Garden at the site where a Perkins franchise operated for decades and the development of a Bubbles car wash on the land where a Hardee's fast-food franchise stood. "We thought we had smooth sailing, with fully leased-out tenants all doing well, and then this just came out of the blue," Aicher said. The news of the closing of the Delafield Applebee's location coincides with other recent trends and news concerning the chain nationally and in the Milwaukee metropolitan market. The West Allis Applebee's at 2865 S. 108th St., also owned by SBG Apple North, closed recently as a result of an eviction, though was still listed as "temporarily closed" on its Facebook page. The Pewaukee location along Capitol Drive closed in 2024, and the Oak Creek location at 7135 S. 13th St. closed for a while due to "health concerns" in late 2024. Other locations that closed since 2000 include sites in Brookfield and New Berlin. The parent company, Dine Brands, of Applebee's and IHOP announced in early March that it plans a joint venture of the two brands. Under the concept, as reported by USA Today, dual-branded restaurants could open in the U.S., an effort to expand on the success of combined Applebee's-IHOP restaurants internationally. Dine Brands also announced in February that its Applebee's president, Tony Moralejo, would step down March 4. He was replaced by Dine Brands CEO John Peyton as interim president. Whether any of that is related to area Applebee's closures isn't clear. Efforts to contact Applebee's corporate representatives were not immediately successful. Contact reporter Jim Riccioli at This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Delafield Applebee's closes following eviction by property owner
Yahoo
11-02-2025
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Wrong-way driver who authorities say was drunk causes police car crash in New Berlin
NEW BERLIN - A reportedly intoxicated driver literally headed straight into trouble when he drove the wrong way and directly into the path of a moving New Berlin police squad car Sunday night. The result was a three-vehicle collision on Moorland Road in New Berlin at about 10:24 p.m. A police officer broke a finger in the crash, culminating in the arrest of the wrong-way driver for operating while intoxicated (third offense) and causing injury, according to a Monday news release from the New Berlin Police Department. The officer was driving south on Moorland just south of Cleveland Avenue when he saw a northbound vehicle heading toward him in the southbound lanes of the median-divided road. While attempting to evade a head-on collision, the officer, a five-year veteran of the department, collided with a third vehicle. The officer was the only one injured. The Waukesha County Sheriff's Office, which investigated the OWI allegation at the request of New Berlin police, arrested a 57-year-old New Berlin man at the scene. He was taken to the Waukesha County Jail shortly thereafter, according to WCSO Lt. Nicholas Wenzel, the department's public information officer. The Wisconsin State Patrol is also investigating the accident, according to authorities. New Berlin Police Capt. Brad Polczynski acknowledged incidents such as this one — in which an alleged drunk driver collides with a squad car by chance, not by chase — are relatively rare. He recalled an accident roughly 15 years ago in which a driver collided with a New Berlin police car in an intersection in a third-shift mishap. The names of the police officer and the driver in Sunday's accident were not released. Charges were pending against the driver Monday. The officer was treated at a local hospital and released. Contact reporter Jim Riccioli at This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: New Berlin police car crashes while avoiding wrong-way drunk driver
