Tag Archives: crime
De Pere man caught after crime spree
A 66-year-old De Pere man is in custody, after a crime spree and chase in Marinette County. Sheriff's deputies say he was driving a stolen car from Green Bay when he hit a gas pump at a station in Cri...
Sep 03, 2019
Styka thinks Rock the Block will reduce crime
Menasha's police chief believes a huge effort to revitalize a portion of the city will have an impact on crime. Habitat For Humanity's Rock the Block plans to rehabilitate up to 100 houses in Menasha ...
Jul 03, 2019 (Image provided by Menasha Police Department)
Police credit local bank teller with stopping crime ring
Police are crediting a De Pere bank teller with stopping what they think is a national theft ring. Two women are in custody and charged with multiple counts of fraud and forgery in Brown County. Inves...
Jul 01, 2019
Brown Co. funds crime prevention programs
Brown County has about $40,000 to give to programs to prevent crime. The money is comes from a fee people pay when they're convicted of a crime. It's $20 for each misdemeanor or felony count. Sheriff ...
Jun 17, 2019
Violent crime in Oshkosh down again
Violent crime continues to decline in Oshkosh. Police Chief Dean Smith says they handled fewer cases again last year. He says the number of violent crime cases declined 17.6 percent last year, and 13 ...
Jun 06, 2019 (Image from the Oshkosh Police Department)
Brown Co. looks for crime victims owed restitution
Brown County officials are asking victims of crimes that are owed restitution to update their address. The county started working with a different company to collect the debt and they've brought in ab...
Apr 18, 2019
Appleton police launch crime-tracking site
Appleton police are launching a new map to let people track crimes in the city. Officer Meghan Cash says they're working with an online program called Community Dashboard. People can click on several ...
Apr 16, 2019
Ashwaubenon law aims to prevent crimes at hotels
Ashwaubenon leaders hope to prevent crimes like human trafficking and drugs with a new law. It requires hotels and short-term rentals to collect information about the people staying there in case poli...
Apr 02, 2019
Steffen works on expungement bill
A lawmaker from Howard wants to help more people clear minor crimes from their record so it doesn't hurt their chances of getting a job. Republican Rep. David Steffen says it would have to be a non-vi...
Jan 30, 2019
Lawmakers look to make 1st OWI offense a crime
Two Republican lawmakers are proposing a bill to make a first-offense drunk driving arrest a crime. Representative Jim Ott of Mequon and Senator Alberta Darling of River Hills are looking for co-spons...
Jan 03, 2019
