Saturday, March 8, 2025
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Cops Gone Wild: Milwaukee County tracks officers with credibility problems. But the system is inconsistent and incomplete.
A deputy falsifying jail logs. Officers stealing during a search warrant. An off-duty officer hitting a parked car after leaving a bar, then lying about it.
Imagine one of them arrested you.
Would you want to know about their past?
Under the law, you have a right to that information. How and when you get access to it depends on prosecutors, who file criminal charges and bring a case in court.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office has a system for tracking officers with credibility concerns, allegations of dishonesty or bias, and past criminal charges. But it is inconsistent, incomplete and relies, in part, on police agencies to report integrity violations, an investigation by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, TMJ4 News and Wisconsin Watch found.
Read and see much more: https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/2025/03/04/milwaukee-countys-police-officers-brady-list-is-inconsistent-incomplete-prosecutors/78390712007/
Friday, March 7, 2025
Registered sex offender charged with possessing child porn, other crimes
Annie Pulley
RACINE — A 41-year-old registered sex offender was arrested after Racine County Sheriff’s Office investigators searched his home March 3.
Edgar Cruz was charged with nine counts of possessing child pornography; one count of intentionally possessing a child sex doll; one count of sex offender fail/update information; and one count of possessing drug paraphernalia.
Each count, except the drug charge, is a felony.
Cruz’s cash bail was set at $100,000. He is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing March 12.
Cruz, according to Journal Times records, is the 10th Racine County resident to be charged with possessing child pornography in 2025.
Allegations
According to a criminal complaint, last November, investigators with the Internet Crimes Against Children unit, a division of RCSO, began looking into cyber tips indicating a Racine resident had been engaging with child sexual abuse material, or child pornography, online.
The tips were related to a single IP address, which investigators connected to the 800 block of Berkeley Drive.
Investigators learned Cruz previously lived there and that he was being supervised by the state Department of Corrections.
According to online court records, Cruz was convicted of second-degree child sexual assault in connection to a case filed in 2007.
Cruz’s probation was revoked in 2015, and he was sentenced to eight years in prison and six years of extended supervision, according to RCSO.
On March 3, investigators searched Cruz’s current residence in the 1700 block of Grange Avenue, which is near a school playground.
Investigators reportedly found illegal images and videos on a messaging account belonging to Cruz, and he reportedly admitted to sending child pornography to random people through a messaging app.
Investigators also reportedly found an object believed to have been molded to resemble a small child, and Cruz reportedly said his DNA would be on the object.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Caledonia boy inspired by Menendez brothers fatally stabs mother, complaint says
Drake Bentley
A 15-year-old Racine County boy says he was inspired by California's Menendez brothers when he stabbed his mother to death earlier this week, according to prosecutors.
Reed R. Gelinskey was charged Thursday with first-degree intentional homicide by the Racine County District Attorney's Office.
As police arrived at the Caledonia home in 10000 block of White Manor Court at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, Gelinskey dropped a knife in front of officers and admitted to killing his mother while asking officers to kill him, according to prosecutors.
Gelinskey's mother is only identified with the initials SG in the complaint.
Gelinskey told a detective during his interview that he came home from school and felt depression and an urge to kill his parents, the complaint says. Gelinskey said he had been taking his brother's anxiety medication for about a month and during the night of the murder he took about nine pills, according to the complaint. The teen said the pills didn't help with anxiety but made him feel high and he enjoys that.
According to the complaint, Gelinskey said he searched the home for a hammer because he was going to kill his father when he came home from work but could not find one large enough. Gelinskey said after dinner, his mother was seated on the couch using her computer and so he started watching a movie.
Gelinskey said he turned on a Netflix documentary about Lyle and Erik Menendez, famed brothers who were convicted of killing their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. Gelinskey said this is when he developed the plan to kill his parents and he said it came to him during the "shotgun scene," which graphically depicts the killing of José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez.
Gelinskey's mother went upstairs at about 9:50 p.m. and that is when he got up to hide his sleeping medication, according to the complaint. He said after hiding the medication he grabbed a steak knife and put it in his pocket before telling his mother that he couldn't find his medicine.
Gelinskey said he hid a dumbbell bar in the sleeve of his sweatshirt while his mother came down to look for the pills. As his mother's back was turned, Gelinskey hit her twice in the head with the dumbbell, the complaint says. Gelinskey said he thought she would fall over but she did not so he threw her to the ground and grabbed the knife. According to the complaint, Gelinskey said his mother tried to kick him off her several times but eventually he stabbed her three times in the chest and twice in the neck.
Gelinskey said his mother asked him, "Why?" and he replied, "Pain," the complaint says.
After the attack, Gelinskey said he contacted his friend via Snapchat and told her to call the police. He said he sat on the floor until he heard sirens and once those stopped, he went outside to investigate where he was met by police.
"She is dead," Gelinskey said to officers, according to the complaint. "She is dead from what I did," he added.
Gelinskey appeared in court Thursday where bail was set at $1 million. If convicted, he faces a mandatory life sentence.
Teen charged with first-degree homicide in death of mother
Annie Pulley
CALEDONIA — A 15-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide after police found his mother stabbed to death in their Caledonia home about 10:30 p.m. March 4.
If convicted, Reed Gelinskey faces life in prison.
According to state statute, a case involving any child who is 10 or older and accused of first-degree intentional homicide is automatically assigned to adult court.
Gelinskey had an initial appearance via Zoom at the Racine County Courthouse on Thursday. His cash bail was set at $1,000,000 and his next hearing is scheduled for Friday.
Allegations
According to a criminal complaint, Caledonia police were sent to the 10000 block of White Manor Court after a report that a juvenile had stabbed his mother to death in their home.
The complaint said that when police arrived, Gelinskey dropped a kitchen knife while standing on the front stoop. His clothes appeared to have blood on them.
According to the original news release from the Caledonia Police Department, he surrendered without incident.
The complaint said that Gelinskey reportedly asked the police to kill him and stated that "she is dead from what I did."
Police found his mother lying face-up in the foyer and, according to the complaint, she had sustained "apparent stab wounds," and her clothes were soaked with blood.
Responders attempted life-saving measures, but she "could not be revived," the complaint said.
During an interview at CPD, Gelinskey reportedly told police that after arriving home from school he felt depressed and had an urge to kill his parents.
According to the complaint, Gelinskey told police that the plan to kill his parents came to him while he was watching "The Menendez Brothers" documentary.
Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted in the 1989 murder of their parents.
According to the complaint, Gelinskey told police that he struck his mother twice in the head with a dumbbell and stabbed her three times in the chest and twice in the neck after she came downstairs to help him find his sleep medication.
Gelinskey reportedly contacted a friend via a messaging app, asking her to call the police and including a photo of his mother on the floor.
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Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Does Wisconsin want to make daylight saving time permanent?
Cailey GleesonCheryl McCloud
Wisconsinites' clocks will once again "spring forward" this weekend with the return of daylight saving time.
This year, there's renewed media attention surrounding the time change given that President Donald Trump has voiced his support for ending it — calling it "inconvenient" and "very costly" in a mid-December Truth Social post.
However, opposition to daylight saving time is not new. There's been an ongoing debate about the time changes for decades — and Hawaii and Arizona don't observe daylight saving time. Most recently, several states, including Arkansas, Nevada and Massachusetts, have introduced bills calling for a permanent standard time, local reports say.
Meanwhile, nearly two dozen states have been trying to make daylight saving time permanent. Florida became the first state to enact legislation to permanently observe it in 2018, though the measure has yet to receive Congressional approval.
So, are there any bills in the works to make daylight saving time permanent in Wisconsin?
Here's what to know:
When does daylight saving time start in 2025?
Daylight saving time will resume on Sunday, March 9. Clocks will spring forward one hour between 2 and 3 a.m.
When does daylight saving time end in 2025?
Daylight saving time will end on Sunday, Nov. 2 between 2 and 3 a.m.
Does Wisconsin want to make daylight saving time permanent?
No, or at least not yet. There are not currently any measures underway to make daylight saving time permanent in Wisconsin.
What states want to make daylight saving time permanent?
There are 20 states with measures to make daylight saving time permanent, 18 of which have passed, according to National Conference of State Legislatures.
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Idaho
- Oklahoma
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Ohio
- Oregon
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Washington
- Wyoming
Despite the efforts, Congress would need to act before any changes would be adopted since federal law does not currently allow for year-round daylight saving time, per the NCSL.
Maia Pandey contributed to this report.
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Caledonia woman found dead, 15-year-old son in custody, police say
CALEDONIA — A 15-year-old boy is in custody after police reportedly found his mother dead inside their Caledonia home Tuesday.
Police were dispatched to a residence in the 10000 block of E. White Manor Court about 10:34 p.m. after receiving a report of a juvenile possibly killing his mother, according to a news release from the Caledonia Police Department.
When officers arrived at the home, the boy reportedly was walking out the front door and surrendered without incident.
Inside the home, officers found a deceased woman, who was identified as the teen's mother.
According to CPD, the preliminary investigation indicates that the woman was stabbed and sustained blunt force trauma.
The teenager was arrested for homicide and was in custody as of Wednesday morning, the release said.
An investigation is ongoing.
This story will be updated as information becomes available.
From: https://journaltimes.com/news/local/crime-courts/article_2f291a78-f9cf-11ef-b50b-3b8176f16dcb.html
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