Friday, December 30, 2011
Suspect accused of pointing weapon at driver in a road rage incident on I-43.
An Indiana man is facing fines of up to $21,000 and just more two years in jail after being charged Friday for wielding a gun in a road rage incident that left a semi-truck driver in fear for his life. Mark I. Manning, 47 of Columbus, IN, was arrested Tuesday evening after the truck driver called 911 to report that Manning had aimed a gun at his vehicle while the two were driving on Interstate 43. According to criminal complaint filed in Milwaukee County Circuit Court: The truck driver told police a man had cut him off and applied his brakes. The truck driver turned on his bright lights in response, and that's when Manning pulled out a handgun, aiming it behind him at the truck driver. The truck driver called 911 and continued to follow …
Monday, July 25, 2011
Wisconsin joins 48 other states by allowing concealed carry of weapons come November, a law some believe is just the first move closer to granting Second Amendment rights.
Effective in November, Wisconsin will become the 49th state to allow the concealed carry of handguns. The issue of concealed carry has a number of policy arguments on both sides, as well as statistics that have been used both for and against allowing concealed carry. However, despite the policy arguments, the new law only begins to bring Wisconsin in line with citizens' rights under the Second Amendment to the Constitution. For starters, everyone recognizes that firearms are both dangerous and sometimes necessary. The balance has been difficult to establish throughout our history. On the one hand, people carrying firearms can very easily misuse them against others, with severe and irreparable consequences. On the other hand, everyone in …
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
The Quick 50 program will receive its startup money from Fox Point-Bayside Patch.
A new program in which Nicolet High School students would receive rewards of up to $50 for tipping off police to problems with drugs, alcohol or weapons will become a reality, thanks to a donation from Fox Point-Bayside Patch. Patch is donating the $250 needed to get the Quick 50 program off the ground. After that startup money is gone, the program will be funded by the Glendale Police Department. Patch first wrote about the program in December, when Nicolet police liaison officer Kelly DeJonge presented the idea to Nicolet officials. The only thing preventing the program from going into place was funding. At the time, DeJonge said the North Shore Crime Stoppers organization didn't have the money to launch Quick 50, "so the program has …
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3:23 am on Saturday, December 31, 2011
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