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. We obviously have your back. Unfortunately our office is no stranger to his bullying behavior. We checked with the state licensing board which sayscomplaints are not public record. So they cannot confirm or deny that one was filed by the sheriff. The Sheriffs Office did reach out to the county executive via emailsaying they have the whole phone conversation recorded. The county executive requested a copy of that recording. And never got a response. 3 two families are suing to get their hands on more information about what happened behind bars. The newborn baby of inmate shade swayzer died shortly after delivery. At issue, was her request for help denied or delayed . The family of Terrill Thomas is also suing to find out if he was denied water. Leading to the mes ruling of extreme dehydration in his death. Weve also learned milwakee at medical care inside the jail. Jail. Mike strehlow is here with that part of our team cove. Coverage. Mike. What specifically are they looking into . 3 3 the focus of the audit is the private contractor that provides medical care at the jail and house of correction. Armor Correctional Health services is based in florida. 3 county board chair Theodore Lipscomb told us he requested the audit november first, and got the goahead the very next day. This, after reports of poor care and staffing issues at the facilities. The of correction is operated by the county. The audit will not look into any of the four deaths that have occured this year at the jail. Instead, we learned from the county comptroller the review will focus on the overall management of the jails. And specific issues like wages, staffing and recordkeeping. 3 if needed, outside experts will be brought in for second opinions. The audit is scheduled to begin next month. Michele . 3 for more details on the audit of the Milwaukee County the emails between the sheriff and medical examiners office. Go to cbs 58 dot com. 3 and were following breaking news just into our newsroom. A federal judge has just denied an attempt to stop ongoing recount of wisconsin votes. According to our affiliate in madison a new order just issued stops a countersuit filed to . Stop . The recount. That countersuit was filed late thursday by two prodonald trump Political Action committees and a wiscn the recount blocks due process. Cbs 58s david ade will have live coverage from Washington County at 430. Meterologist Rebecca Schuld joins us now to get you ready for your evening. Rebecca. 3 highs in the upper 30s. Wind nw 515 mph. A generally overcast sky will prevail today. Tonight partly to mostly cloudy with lows close to average in the middle 20s. Wind nw 510 mph. Weekend very seasonable when it comes to temperatures with highs in the upper 30s both saturday and sunday. A mix of sun and clouds on saturday staying dry before clouds increase and snow arrives on sunday. Light snow showers possible from 9 am to 4 pm with snow transitioning to a wintry mix as it approaches our eastern locations. Scattered locations will pick up around 1 of snow, especially on grassy 3 3 Milwaukee Police letting the public know about a reported sex assault around 530 last night near tippacanoe park. This is near clement and warnimont on the citys south side. Pe the early stages and at this point, they are not offering details or a suspect description. But we did want you to know the investigation was going on. 3 3 emotions boil over at the Milwaukee County courtroom. Former Kindergarten Teacher and High School Coach Elizabeth Dillett was sentenced today. After pleading guilty to having sex 3 today, the judge handed down that sentence to 31yearold Elizabeth Dillett. The Kindergarten Teacher will serve two years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual assault. The prosecution argued that miss dillett displayed recklessness when she engaged in a sexual relationship with a teenager, who was serving as the assistant on the middle School Volleyball team, which she coached. The defense argued she had never been in trouble before and had a rough childhood. Her lawyer said that she simply got too close to a family she was trying to help and thats part of what led her to have sex with a teenage boy. But the victims parents dont buy it. It. I read all the texts the night she came to my home and admitted what she did, she was more concerned about keeping her job than about what she did with my son, and offered me a way out. Thats all i got to say sayoutside the milwaukee an 18yearold milwaukee man reached a plea deal this morning in connection with an upskirting case. prosecutors say Austin Halbrooks secretly took pictures up girls skirts at University School of milwaukee. In exchange to pleading guilty to one of the 4 counts of invasion of privacy. The 3 other felonies were dropped. Sentencing is scheduled for next april. Also in court today the 18yearold milwaukee woman charged with killing her passenger as she tried to get away from police. Charged with Second Degree reckless homicide. According to the criminal complaint, samira colemanwilks sped off when officers tried to pull her over for expired registration. Instead, she sped up. But crashed at the corner of 27th and capitol. One of her passengers, shawn oliver, died in the crash. Police dogs need a lot of training. And that means officers sometimes need to act like criminals for that trainin. Training. 3 if youre not nervous theres something youre not doing right. Ten Jacob Kittilstad shows us just how k9 officers are trained. Stay in shape. Also. Meet the officers who take one for the team. Thats tonight at ten. 3 coming up on the cbs 58 news at four after a week of public mourning. Cuba prepares for the funeral of fidel castro. 3 plus folks are starting to return to the charred remains of their lives after devestating wildfires in the smoky mountains. 3 plus schuld will return with your 3 for the first time residents of gatlinburg tennessee are being allowed back to their homes and businesses. Or whats left of them after a massive and deadly died in the fire. 80 others were hurt. Craig boswell is in gatlinburg with a firsthand look at the devastation. Ashley rad is seeing what remains of her home after a devastating wildfire tore through. This is where the front door was. She and her boyfriend moved in only 3 months ago. They didnt realize their neighborhood was on fire until they looked out the window. sot ashley rad lost home in wildfire saw an ember hit a tree and it burst into flames. Ran out the front door with our cats. standup bridge Craig Boswell cbs news gatlinburg, tn the couple tried to get away in mountain. They had to get into someone elses car to escape. They were among 14thousand people who evacuated gatlinburg monday and were allowed back in friday for a few hours to look around. nats the fire hopscotched through the city, leveling over a thousand homes and buildings, leaving others untouched. nats of people driving through flames the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency put out an Evacuation Order monday night but many people never received the alert on their phones, possibly due to Old Technology and at that burned down. sot Amanda Howard fire evacuee did you get a text alert . No, we didnt get any alert. Local officials would not say if the evacuation call should have been made sooner. sot mayor larry waters sevier county, tn 11 45 33 were not going to get into that right now, they did the best they could and were sorry for that but were not going to get into monday morning quarterbacking. The fire killed more people than any other us wildfire in the last 13 years. Craig boswell, gatlinburg city Officials Say their goal is to open the city to the public wednesday. 3 protesters are bracing for the frigid north dakota winter. Despite being told the must leave by the next monday. Monday. Now, veterans are vowing to protect those protesters. Calling it a constitutional right. For months now the protest has fought to end the Dakota Access pipeline. Which they argue threatens the water supply for millions of americans and ancient tribal grounds. 3 a South Carolina judge has ordered a jury back into deliberations. Say they couldnt come to a consensus on the verdict for former North Charleston Police Officer michael slager. Slager is charged with shooting walter scott in the back during a traffic stop. Some of which was caught on Police Dash Cam video and on cell phone video from a man in the neighborhood. Jurors asked that the testimony of the man who took the video be read back. Even then they said they were deadlocked, but the judge told them to keep trying. 3 the remains of former cuban president fidel castro are on their way back to the city of s. Lined the streets for the procession through the town of camaguey paying their respects to their leader. The tour has also attracted tourists from around the world. Who want to be a part of history. Its not ancient history, it is this days history so its im important. Last night, the remains were left in the mausoleum of fellow revolutionary che guevara. Castro will be buried in santiago on sunday. 3 pope francis welcomed secretary of state john kerry to the vatican this morning. About security around the mediterranen. With russian officials. Neither kerry nor the vatican would provide details of what they discussed. If youre living in wisconsin, and covered by medicare and medicaid, heres something important to know. Now you could get even more Health Benefits than you already have. 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With over 30 years of experience, you can count on us to be there all along the way. With a dual complete lp plan youll have a wide choice of doctors to choose from, Prescription Drug coverage. Dental care, and rides to your doctor. All at no additional cost. You have medicare. You have medicaid. You may be eligible for dual complete. So call the number on your screen now we thank you for these children children a touching scene at the italian Confernce Center where hundreds have come together to continue the legacy of a very giving letter carrier. This is the 45th annual johnetta borum Christmas Party for deserving children. Borum was a this back in 1971. Even after her passing to a heart attack, former colleagues, friends from church, and admirers from afar have gathered to make sure they still deliver for local kids. Jonathan saffold, pastor Ebeneezer Church of god and christ it would help us to grieve her. It was bigger and better because she said she wanted it bigger and better. Better. They never imagined it would grow from 20 children to of help from the likes of Ronald Mcdonald and local police. Oh yeah and an angel looking down to guarantee arrival. 3 today cold, but highs in the upper 30s. Wind nw 515 mph. A generally overcast sky will prevail today. Tonight partly to mostly cloudy with lows close to average in the middle 20s. Wind nw 510 mph. Weekend very seasonable when it comes to temperatures with highs in the upper 30s both saturday and sunday. A mix of sun and before clouds increase and snow arrives on sunday. Light snow showers possible from 9 am to 4 pm with snow transitioning to a wintry mix as it approaches our eastern locations. Scattered locations will pick up around 1 of snow, especially on grassy 3 the Holiday Season is underway. And there are plenty of great activities for the whole family. We sit down with kristen settle from visit milwaukee. Next. 3 plus years of planning has shouldnt knee and ankle supports comfortably fit your knees and ankles . Dr. Scholls new custom fit Wellness Center measures your leg in 3d. And recommends our customfit support thats right for you. New dr. Scholls custom fit ankle and knee supports. Season achristmascarol at the milwaukee rep, with new effects, new costumes, a new set and new soundtrack, and lots of audience surprises. 2 http www. Milwa ukee365. Com event thenutcracker6 at the Marcus Center for the performing arts is a timeless classic for all ages. 3 http www. Milwa ukee365. Com event blacknativity2016 ukee365. Com event blacknativity2016 is open, also at the Marcus Center, and is a moving gospel song play by Langston Hughes and tells the story of the birth of jesus through gospel music, but ties in relevant themes for todays audiences too. 4 the milwaukee symphony orches of performances throughout december, but a musthear is https www. Mso. O rg concerts basili camessiah 33833, which is being performed at Concordia University and the basilica of st. Josaphat. 5 also at the basilica is bel canto chorus performing christmas in the basilica bill back to you. 3 a local College Student is cutting down his tuition debt. Just in time for the Holiday Season using trees he planted with his family. Cbs 58s amanda devoe has the story in burlington. 3 we all know college can get expensive. Thousands of dollars for tuition, books and fees. Thats why one College Student is using trees in his own backyard to help pay for sc school. Business. Uw whitewater freshman caleb rausch, didnt realize was in his own backyard. Backyard. We planted these trees in april of 2008. Me my dad and my stepmom. Theyve finally matured and were ready to see them as christmas trees. Caleb started selling the trees last year. He came up with the idea to use the money for college. After looking at the price tag on his tuition. Which is well into expensive, it was actually quite shocking. I didnt know how i was going to do it. So far. Business is booming. More than three dozen trees have been sold. And more orders keep pouring in thanks to word of mouth. And social media. Facebook actually made this all possible. Without facebook, word wouldnt have spread as quickly as it did. The trees range in price. Because each one. Is unique and stand as tall as seven feet. And each one sold. College easier. I dont think these trees will pay for it entirely, but im very thankful for all the support that people are giving me. Me. In burlington, amanda devoe, cbs 58 news. As amanda mentioned. The trees are going fast. For more information on how to get one. We have calebs Contact Information on our website at cbs 58 dot com. 3 a return trip to indy. With a playoff berth potentially on the line. Coming up next. How chryst is getting his players ready. 3 plus Milwaukee County faces a mutlimillion dollar problem. After short changing hundreds of employees. Now, the county board wants answers. 3 and the latest in the election recount saga. One judges decision to dismiss a lawsuit blocking the effort. 3 weve got much more news and weather headlines. Coming up 3 wisconsin enters day two of a recount of this months president ial elections. County clerks and volunteers putting in overtime to meet a december 12th deadline. Waukesha county spent much of yesterday sorting the ballots. Counting didnt begin until 1030. They went until midnight and then were back at it. This morning at eight. Now to the latest on a a temporary restraining order filed by Trump Supporters to stop the denied by a judge. Judge. Cbs 58s david ade is in Washington County with the details. David . A super pac supporting donald trump filed with the federal court in madison. That group wants the judge to stop this recount immediately until a hearing happens. , in the last halfhour a judge rejected no harm in allowing the recount to continue until the schedule december 9th hearing date. So for now, the wisconsin recount continues on. I stopped off at the Washington County recount. You can see theyre doing this one by hand. The county clerk tells me a hand recount is faster than trying to go by machine the clerk in Washington County expects her recount to be done by next wednesday. Well ahead of schedule. 3 3 were doing really well, what i had had hoped to do, about 9000 balts yesterday we did over 17,000 ballots, and today we anticipate doing over 22,000. Coming up at five here why wisconsin congressman says this recount needs to end or it could cost wisconsin its say in the Electoral College vote. Live in Washington County david ade cvs 58 news. 3 cvs 58 news. County david ade live in Washington County david ade cvs 58 news. 3 republicans in madison are now looking for ways to make it Governor Scott walker said this morning he will quote certainly look at changes to the process. President elect trump has revealed another one of his cabinet choices. Choices. At a rally in cincinnati last night, trump announced James Mad Dog Mattis will be his secretary of defense. Mattis is a retired marine corps general who led Expeditionary Forces in iraq and afghanistan. Mattis would need a waiver from congress to take the position since hes only been retired for three years. 3 meantime Governor Scott walker is talking about sheriff clarkes potential role in the donald trump administration. Governor says clarke who was at trump tower in meetings on monday could fit in well, but in his words it all depends on what area. Walker says he knows theres some interest, but he doesnt know the specifics. Clarke mentioned running the Homeland Security department right here on the cbs 58 news at four during the campaign. 3 House Speaker paul ryan will be featured this sunday on cbs 60 minutes. Pelley you called donald trump a racist. Ryan no, i didnt. I said his comment was. Was. Talks with scott pelley about the differences hes had with the president elect and the prospects for a donald trump presidency, Donald Trumps a very he was a very unconventional candidate. Hes gonna be an unconventional president. What i like about it, in my, like i said, almost daily conversations, is hes just a getthingsdone kinda guy. Guy. Ryan also talks about the republican agenda, including plans for the repeal of obamacare. Thats this sunday on 60minutes, here on cbs 58. Meterologist Rebecca Schuld joins us now to get you ready for your evening. Rebecca. 3 today cold, but seasonable. Highs in the upper 30s. Wind nw 515 mph. A generally overcast sky will prevail today. Tonight partly to mostly cloudy with lows close wind nw 510 mph. Weekend very seasonable when it comes to temperatures with highs in the upper 30s both saturday and sunday. A mix of sun and clouds on saturday staying dry before clouds increase and snow arrives on sunday. Light snow showers possible from 9 am to 4 pm with snow transitioning to a wintry mix as it approaches our eastern locations. Scattered locations will pick up around 1 of snow, especially on grassy a miscalculation has turned into a multimillion dollar blunder. And its forcing Milwaukee County to pay out pensions . Plus . Interest. Interest. Today officials began pointing fingers. Demanding to know what happened and whos at fault. Cbs 58s Kyle Aevermann has the details. The pension error was brought up during this mornings personnel committee. Committee. According to the county Executives Office the mistakes were reported between 2007 and 2009. The errors were reported to the irs and the county took part of the irs volunteary correction plan. A county executives spokesperson told me today that the county could not legally back pay the pensions until the irs completed a report. That was completed earlier this year. However the county wasnt able to verify to roughly, 12hundred people until last month. Plus an additional 6 millino dollars in the future. County Board Members are upset they were not notified sooner about the costs. The county board says that the time between 2009 and now resulted in a dramatically larger lump sum payment because of an Interest Rate of 8 annually. There are question about why the cost wasnt brought to their attention before completing the 2017 budget. Supervisor James Schmitt no its not in 2017, but itd help if it was in 2017. It would help soft fund that the board put in for. Pensions. Supervisor dan sebring im more concerned about how we move forward and how do we correct this as to how did this happen. It happened, it is what it is. And we need to move forward and correct it. And make sure Something Like this never columbus day has been a School Holiday for generations. Now some local students are trying to get that changed. These students from Indian Community school are petitioning the county board to recognize the second monday of october as Indigenous Peoples day. They say its important to recognize americas full history. Not just the history after european discovery. Badgers football head coach paul chryst speaking one last time ahead of tomorrows big ten championship game. Game. Couldnt be more proud of our players and now we prepare to play a well coached penn state team. The game is tomorrow night at seven. We have followed bucky to indianapolis, the site of tomorrows big ten championship inside lucas oil stadium. But today, its all about the fans. Well take you inside big ten fan fest at 5 oclock. 3 the packers game against houston right here on cbs 58 sunday. Kickoff is at noon from lambeau field. And then right after the game, keep it here. Our crew will bring you a special one hour postgame show. 3 all the sweetness. Without the sugar. Coming up next. We talk with the folks at nestle about the change coming to your favorite candies. 3 plus a dangerous seat belt defect. Details of the reca 3 . Tomorrows the day besides video games. Every day is a gift especially for people with Heart Failure. But today theres entresto . A breakthrough medicine that can help make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, i want to see teddy bait his first hook. In the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto . Was proven to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto . It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto . With an ace inhibitor or or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto . The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, im gonna step out with my favorite girl. Ask your heart doctor about entresto . And help make the gift every bit as good. But not as bad for youchocolate giant nestle says theyve found a way to reduce the sugar by forty percent in their treats. And theyll taste just as sweet the makers of crunch bars. Kit kats. Rolos. Say they found a way to hollow out sugar particles. The Swiss Company says that these hollowedout particles dissolve faster to deliver sweetness more rapidly than traditional sugar. They say the process is natural. And the splenda. Nestle has a plant in burlington. And they are excited to start making these new products. And start getting them on store shelves so the anticipated date that we would see this sugar innovation in nestle products is sometime in 2018, and we would hope that shortly and we would hope that shortly thereafter that we would see it in our products made in burln burlingtonnestle says they started ar 2015. They are applying for a patent for this processno word yet if candy with this hollow sugar will be expensive. 3 right now. A kit kat bar has about 6teaspoons of sugar in itgovernment guidelines recommend people eat no more than 10teaspoons of sugar a day. But most americans consume threeorfour times that. Some High School Students in australia have created a drug to treat several deadly disease. Diseases. The teenagers say the active ingredient used to treat people with toxoplasmosis and acute malaria. They say it could be a gamechanger. Making the medicine cheaper and more readily available. Were trying to demonstrate that this very expensive drug, thats made in very expensive laboratories in the United States called daraprim, which was recently hiked up in price by a billionaire who bought the patent, martin shkreli, is actually very easy to make and very cheap and reliable to do, even in a school laboratory. The students say they want their work to inspire kids around the world to do their own research. 3 scientists are investigating the potential benefits of hallucinogenic mushrooms for people battling cancer. They used the active ingredient in the mushrooms to help patients fight the anxiety and depression that comes with treatment. Both studies found a single dose produced rapid and lasting reduction of anxiety and depression in 60 to 80 percent of the patients in your money watch. The Unemployment Rate hit a level reports the jobless rate fell to 4point6 percent in october. The lowest its been since 2007. However, that drop is due in large part to the fact 226thousand americans left the workforce. Businesses also add 178thousand jobs in november in line with analyst expectations. 3 members of congress are trying to block wells fargos attempt to keep several class action lawsuits out of court. The bill would prevent the bank from using the fine print clause in its customer agreement. Which requires people to resolve their claims in arbitration. The lawsuits claim wells fargo opened twomillion fraudulent accounts. Ford is recalling nearly 700 thousand vehicles because a problem with seat belts. Belts. The recall affects fusion sedans made between 2013 and 2016. 2015 and 2016 mondeos. And 2013 to 2015 lincoln mkzs. The automaker says the problem has to do with a part of the seat belt that can overheat and 3 car sales surged in november. Up nearly 4 percent. Experts saying its likely because so many people took advantage of black friday discounts. With one month left in the year, the Auto Industry has a chance to match or exceed last years sales of more than 17 million vehicles. 3 your full readycast with meterologist Rebecca Schuld is 3 at at kagel school. They got a visit from milwaukee brewer marcus hanel who along with his wife jill delivered 300 new winter coats. The bullpen catcher began koos for kids in 2005 as a way to help terminally ill children or those facing struggles at home. Mark hanel, Milwaukee Brewers it means a lot to them. Just to be a part of this. Its emotional but also exciting time to see how excited they are to be getting a coat. Coat. Nearly 4,000 coats to children in the greater milwaukee area. 3 today cold, but highs in the upper 30s. Wind nw 515 mph. A generally overcast sky will prevail today. Tonight partly to mostly cloudy with lows close to average in the middle 20s. Wind nw 510 mph. Weekend very seasonable when it comes to temperatures with highs in the upper 30s both saturday clouds on saturday staying dry before clouds increase and snow arrives on sunday. Light snow showers possible from 9 am to 4 pm with snow transitioning to a wintry mix as it approaches our eastern locations. Scattered locations will pick up around 1 of snow, especially 3 3 heres a live look at traffic 3 a school in milwaukee is celebrating . 10 years . Of success giving young milwaukee children a head start. Start. Leslie garlie i know hes happy here because the first thing he does in the morning is to come give his teacher a hug. Hug. Coming up this weekend on cbs 58 sunday morning we meet the dedicated educators and staffers serving low income families at educare milwaukee. How this Early Education program. For pre their Vital Service at no cost to families who qualify. Dr. Sparrow we also really focus on language and literacy because we know that low income children dont really hear the volume of words that their higher income peers do. Were really focused on developing their vocabularies because that will be a key to their sucess sucess you can watch the entire story plus much more on cbs 58 sunday morning with mike strehlow. Thats at 7am just ahead of cbs sunday morning from new york. We hope youll join us 3 there seems to be a lot of new residents in the milwaukee additions are particularly cute. Cute. The public got their first glimpse of three tiger cubs that just moved in. A male named kash, and the girls eloise and bernadette. Kashtan actually spent about a month at the zoos Animal Health center after battling an infection. But officials are happy to report all three are healthy. So they definitely have their tiger claws and their tiger teeth, theyre very sharp. They can inflict a lot of damage on other things that theyre playing with each other, theyre doing really well. We bring the girls to see him once a day to play for about three to four hours so he can actually learn how to be a tiger. Tiger. So you heard katie kuhn with the zoo mention kash is all on his own. She says thats because he was separated from his mom and she might reject him. And maybe attack him. Open 3 the recount rolls on despite a legal attempt to stop it today. Just ahead, the latest developments from the second day of counting. 3 but tonights top story is the whirlwind of controversy surrounding Milwaukee County sheriff david clarke. Clarke. The sheriff has become a national figure, in part because of his approach to law and order issues. lately though, hes been criticized for his response, or lack of response. To recent deaths in the Milwaukee County jail. Jail. Now, evidence of serious friction between the sheriff and the Milwaukee County medical examiner. Cbs 58s April Dovorany joins us live with the latest. We got a hold of these emails today and found out the chief medical examiner says he was threatened by the sheriff after releasing information 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 emails show. A day . After our report aired. The sheriff called chief medical examiner Brian Peterson threatening 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 yelling and threats against my ce 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 with open records statutes. The county Executives Office responded to petersons that reads in part. We obviously have your back. Unfortunately our office is no stranger to his bullying behavior. We checked with the state licensing board which sayscomplaints are not public record. So they cannot confirm or deny that one was filed by the sheriff. The Sheriffs Office did reach out to the county executive via emailsaying they have the whole phone conversation recorded. The county executive requested a copy of that recording. And never got a response. These latest revelations cap a turbulent week for Milwaukee Countys leading Law Enforcement officer. Officer. A few days ago, sheriff clarke was seen entering an elevator at trump tower. On his way up for a meeting with the president elect about a possible job in his administration. Clarke left without taking any questions. Yesterday, Milwaukee County supervisor supreme Moore Omokunde called for clarke to resign, citing the deaths in the jail. Now comes word that a jail
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