A Milwaukee police officer is facing charges after he crashed his pickup truck on Highway 45 in Wauwatosa while allegedly driving drunk with a gun – a gun he imprudently decided to handle during his arrest.

Randall J. Chicks, 45, was charged Tuesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with one count of endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon while under the use of an intoxicant. If convicted, he faces up to nine months in prison and $10,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:... Read More

Written by Rik Kluessendorf

From time to time, fairly public stories come up discussing what a criminal defendant receives in sentencing. There are often a number of terms that come out in news stories that can get rather confusing.

News stories leave us wondering what, exactly, a withheld sentence means, why someone gets extended supervision and how a judge could impose only half of the available time against a defendant in prison, for instance... Read More

Written by Joe Petrie

An 18-year-old Milwaukee woman is facing multiple drug charges after she allegedly tried to enter a dance at the Waukesha County Expo Center with a marijuana pipe and heroin.

Vanessa G. DiMartino was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of possession of narcotic drugs, two counts of possession of an illegally obtained prescription and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. If convicted, she faces up to 4 years and 9 months in prison and $11,500 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint, a Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department deputy working security for “The Night Storm” teen dance on Monday saw DiMartino walking side-to-side while going through the parking of the expo center and asked if she was OK... Read More