Latino leaders here condemn new Arizona law

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Published April 28, 2010 at 6:14 p.m.

Local Latino and civil rights leaders Wednesday denounced Arizona's new law that makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally and pledged action on the streets and in the courts to halt the law before it goes into effect this summer ...

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Crime in Milwaukee drops again, police statistics show

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Published April 29, 2010 at 6:00 a.m.

Violent crime in Milwaukee for the first quarter of 2010 is down 40.2% compared with the first quarter three years ago, according to Milwaukee Police Department statistics that are being released Thursday ...

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Ask OMC: Are the Brewers going to leave Maryvale?

Published March 12, 2010 at 4:29 p.m.


The Brewers have conducted spring training at Maryvale Baseball Park since 1998 and have been in Arizona since they came into existence. That could change, however. The club's lease with the city of Phoenix expires at the end of spring training in 2012 and other towns in Arizona and Florida could come calling.

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Law limiting release of gun-trace data blasted by chief, D.A.

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Published Feb. 20, 2010 at 10:47 p.m.

As a candidate, Barack Obama promised to get rid of a law - quietly passed by Congress - that hides information from the public about guns used in crimes and the stores that sell them.Instead, President Obama has embraced most of the law and added even more rules that could make it harder for law enforcement to crack down on dealers and stores selling guns to criminals.While supporters of the secrecy law say shielding crime-gun data and dealer violations protects police officers, Milwaukee

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State gave repeat offenders early prison releases

Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 12:49 a.m.

A review of court records for offenders who have been released early this year shows that several of the men have extensive criminal records and a history of returning to crime during previous stints on the streets ...

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Former day care owner gets probation

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Published Feb. 12, 2010 at 8:38 a.m.

A former day care owner whose center was used in crime boss Michael Lock's multimillion-dollar mortgage fraud machine was sentenced Thursday to five years probation, including eight months of home confinement.Nicole Brown faced 8 to 14 months in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. Defense attorney Jonathan Smith asked for leniency, saying Brown is suffering from kidney failure and waiting for a transplant. The prosecutor agreed to home confinement, noting the high cost of caring for

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Former day care operator gets probation in fraud case

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Published Feb. 11, 2010 at 1:50 p.m.

A former day care operator whose center was used in Milwaukee crime boss Michael Lock's mortgage fraud machine was sentenced Thursday by a federal judge to five years of probation including eight months in home confinement.Nicole Brown, who operated Jasmine's House of Learning, also was ordered by U.S. District Judge J.P. Stadtmueller to repay a portion of nearly $169,000 - the amount from two fraudulent home sales Brown helped to facilitate.Brown was facing eight to 14 months in prison under

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Crime boss Lock gets 13 years for mortgage fraud

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Published Feb. 5, 2010 at 1:24 p.m.

Milwaukee crime boss Michael Lock was sentenced Friday to 160 months in federal prison on his conviction for running a mortgage fraud operation ...

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Crime in Milwaukee continues to decline

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Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 8:00 a.m.

Crime in Milwaukee has decreased for an eighth consecutive quarter, according to statistics to be released Thursday by Milwaukee police, but Police Chief Edward A. Flynn cautioned that the downward trend could be slowed or reversed by the struggling economy and the early release of some prisoners.Crime in the city decreased 7.2% in 2009 when compared with the previous year and 11.9% when compared with 2007, according to the department's statistics.Violent crime - homicide, rape, robbery and

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3rd suspect arrested in shooting of Tosa officer

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Published Dec. 20, 2009 at 12:36 p.m.

Milwaukee police officers arrested a third suspect early Sunday who was charged with taking part in the shooting of a Wauwatosa police officer last week.Thongsavahn Rodthong, 27, of Milwaukee, was arrested in the 400 block of N. 34th St. about 12:50 a.m., police said.Michael S. Dengsavang, 28, Paul M. Phonisay, 29, and Rodthong, all of Milwaukee, face up to 40 years in prison if convicted of the charges of attempted homicide, party to a crime. They also are charged with burglary. Rodthong and

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