About the jail deaths to us. Back in octoberwe were the first tv station to report that four deaths happened inside the Milwaukee County jail this year. Emails show. A day . After our report aired. The sheriff called chief medical examiner Brian Petersonthreatening to get his license revoked. For example. In an email sent to county executive chris abele on october 29th. Peterson says he sustained some 20 minutes of against my licensure for. Ultimately no good reason. He says the sheriff took issue with information released on the death of Terrill Thomas. And also. This tweet from oct 28th. Advising the public of an overnight death in the jail. Peterson also said in the email the sheriff was furious that any information had been released on a nondisclosure case. Peterson then cited an email sent to me as proof of no wrongdoing. Saying the mes office sent nothing inflammatory and all in accord responded to petersons concerns over losing his license. Sending an email that reads in part. W
58s bill walsh is here with more details. Bill . 3 the focus of the audit is the private contractor that provides medical care at the jail and the house of correction, that company, Armor Correctional Health services is based in florida. County board chair Theodore Lipscomb told cbs 58 news he requested the audit november first, and received the green light the very next day this followed reports of poor care and staffing issues at the facilities. Now obviously the at have gotten a lot of attention, but the Comptrollers Office tells us the audit will . Not . Look into those cases. Rather it will focus on the overall management of the jailand specific issues like wages, staffing and recordkeeping. The jail is run by the sheriffs office. The correction facility is operated by milwaukee county. 3 the office says if needed, they will bring in outside experts for second opinions. The audit is scheduled to begin next month. Over after a teacher is sentenced for having sex with a teenager. Te
Now at 10 a fox6 exclusive. Prosecutors said a milwaukee mother failed to protect her 3yearold son from deadly abuse. Tonight weve learned she died of an overdose. Plus he spent time behind bars now a Milwaukee Police officer is up for a promotion. And its the first day of an historic event. How the recount is going across south east wisconsin. Tiny menominee county is already done with their recount. Others say theyll have a hard time meeting the deadline. Tonight we have team coverage. Brittany shannon is live in the newsroom with the latest from dodge county. But lets begin with Ben Handelman hes live in milwaukee. Hillary clinton has cut into Donald Trumps lead by 1 vote thanks to results in menominee county. Here in Milwaukee County, it was a slow start. After day 1 almost no problems re it was not a speedy kick off. We got off to a slower start than we anticipated. In milwaukee, at the request of the green party each and every ballot machine was tested taking extra hours. Eventua
Now at 10 a fox6 exclusive. Prosecutors said a milwaukee mother failed to protect her 3yearold son from deadly abuse. Tonight weve learned she died of an overdose. Plus he spent time behind bars now a Milwaukee Police officer is up for a promotion. And its the first day of an historic event. How the recount is going across south east wisconsin. Tiny menominee county is already done with their recount. Others say theyll have a hard time meeting the deadline. Tonight we have team coverage. Brittany shannon is live in the newsroom with the latest from dodge county. But lets begin with Ben Handelman hes live in milwaukee. Hillary clinton has cut into Donald Trumps lead by 1 vote thanks to results in menominee county. Here in Milwaukee County, it was a slow start. After day 1 almost no problems re it was not a speedy kick off. We got off to a slower start than we anticipated. In milwaukee, at the request of the green party each and every ballot machine was tested taking extra hours. Eventua
We begin this morning with the Hillary Clinton has cut into Donald Trumps lead by 1 vote thanks to results in menominee county, who finished their recount last night. Here in Milwaukee County, it was a slow start. After day 1 almost no problems are found with the ballots. Ben handelman has more it was not a speedy kick off. We got off to a slower start than we anticipated. In milwaukee, at the request of the green party each and every ballot machine was tested taking extra hours. Eventually recount few problems. In brown deer, it was discovered one person sent in two absentee ballots. In Milwaukee County some ballots rejected. There have been a couple that have been rejected because they were improperly filed. 8 to be exact. The first municipality to finish their recount in Milwaukee County, the tiny village of river hills. The numbers there matching perfectly with election day results. Onlookers include representatives from the clinton, green, and trump campaigns. I dont know if they