LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) - Both prosecutors and defense attorneys continue their preparations for the retrial of a suspect in a triple homicide near West Salem nearly three years ago.
Judge Elliott Levine criticized prosecutors for missing a deadline for submitting jury questionnaires in the trial of triple-homicide defendant Nya Thao. Thao, who has been held in jail for two years, is accused of murdering three people in 2021. Prosecutors missed the deadline for submitting their proposed questionnaire until the day before the hearing, prompting Levine s frustration. Defense attorney Aaron Nelson argued for a shorter questionnaire, and Levine told prosecutors to agree on a questionnaire by the end of the week.
An Arkansas man facing a reckless homicide charge in an overdose death in December 2021 is returned to Wisconsin after missing a court date earlier this year.
Two La Crosse sex offenders are accused of failing to maintain their registrations with the state. James Cadmus was arrested April 2, while Mark S. Bell remains at-large.