BRIDGET COOKE
Capital Newspapers
In the first jury trial held in Sauk County Circuit Court in more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic took over Wisconsin, the attorney for the accused told a jury as it sat behind plexiglass dividers that his client did not cause a car crash that resulted in the deaths of two people and injuries of another two.
Albart B. Shores, 58, of La Crosse, faces 15 felony charges in relation to a traffic crash in October 2018 that resulted in the deaths of two people. They include homicide by use of a vehicle, injury by use of a vehicle, driving while intoxicated with a passenger under 16 and others related to driving while intoxicated or under the influence of a controlled substance.
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BRIDGET COOKE
Capital Newspapers
A Baraboo woman was recently charged with six felony counts of theft after being accused of stealing nearly $133,000 from her the vet clinic she worked for.
Bobbi Jo Tracy, 44, faces a maximum of 40 years in prison and fines up to $75,000 for the charges filed March 10 in Sauk County Circuit Court.
According to the criminal complaint, Tracy was hired in October 2012 to work at the front desk of Noble Hound Animal Hospital & Pet Resort, 490 Bunker Road, and was promoted three years later to office manager. She left the business in March 2018, citing stress, according to a doctor at the clinic.
BRIDGET COOKE
Capital Newspapers
A Baraboo man who had been facing a maximum prison sentence of 25 years for felony child neglect that resulted in the death of a 9-year-old saw his case dismissed Monday in Sauk County Circuit Court.
Christopher J. Fisher, 43, was accused of neglect after a child was found lying face down and unconscious in late July in the bathroom of a Lake Delton home. Emergency responders took the 9-year-old to St. Clare Hospital, but the attending physician announced the child dead just two hours later.
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According to the motion for dismissal filed by Assistant District Attorney Rick Spoentgen, Fisher proved through letters from witnesses of typical behavior of the child. Letters from the âvictimâs mother and sister and the primary witnessâs motherâ provided background information that ultimately led the prosecutors to believe they could not prove criminal negligence beyond a reas
An arrest warrant has been issued and two people charged after authorities allegedly discovered the pair using and selling methamphetamine with a child in the residence less than 300 feet