MILWAUKEE (AP) - A maintenance worker accused of fatally shooting two teens as he was being beaten with a baseball bat was held Thursday in the Milwaukee County Jail.
The 39-year-old man was arrested on possible charges of first-degree intentional homicide, according to Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin. Police identified them as Anmarie Miller, 17, and James Bell Jr. 19, both of Milwaukee.
The two teens were fatally shot by the maintenance worker in the stairwell of an apartment building on the city’s west side Wednesday about 1 p.m., Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn said.
The two teens and a third person got into an argument with the man, which led to a physical fight, Flynn said. McLaughlin said the third person, a 20-year-old man, is in jail on a possible charge of substantial battery.
The maintenance man was being held while one of the three beat him with a baseball bat, according to police. The maintenance man then pulled a gun and shot the two. The man being beaten was taken to a hospital, treated for injuries and arrested.
Flynn said the two teens did not live in the apartment building but knew someone who lived there.
Autopsies were being conducted Thursday, according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - A former business partner is suing the Oneida tribe for nearly $400 million in a breach-of-contract lawsuit stemming from a failed waste-to-energy venture.
Generation Clean Fuels accuses the tribe and its affiliate, Oneida Seven Generations Corp., of violating agreements to lease equipment and share profits.
Press-Gazette Media report (https://gbpg.net/1guFfSghttps://gbpg.net/1guFfSg ) the dispute arises from an Oneida effort to build a plant that would convert common household trash into energy using a high-heat process known as pyrolysis or gasification. Because of environmental concerns, Ashwaubenon, Green Bay and residents of the Oneida reservation have all prevented the company from building the plant.
The suit is pending in Cook County Circuit Court in Chicago.
Oneida tribe spokesman Phil Wisneski says officials are aware of the suit but decline to comment on it.
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OSCEOLA, Wis. (AP) - The Federal Bureau of Investigation has searched a laboratory in western Wisconsin.
The company, NeuroScience, says in a statement released Thursday by its attorney that it believes the search warrant is related to prior misconduct by a former employee involving Medicare billing procedures.
The company says it has sued the employee for fraud and theft and litigation is still underway.
The statement says it is fully cooperating with authorities.
FBI spokesman Leonard Peace declined to provide details, other than saying a search warrant was executed Wednesday in Osceola.
Polk County Sheriff Peter Johnson says his deputies conducted traffic control while the FBI executed the warrant at NeuroScience.
The company specializes in neurologic, immune and hormone testing.
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WISCONSIN RAPIDS, Wis. (AP) - An investment firm plans to buy Wisconsin Rapids-based Renaissance Learning for $1.1 billion.
This comes just weeks after Google Capital, the search giant’s investment fund, invested $40 million in the education analysis company. It was characterized as Google’s first venture into education.
WAOW-TV reports (https://bit.ly/1i8kxeChttps://bit.ly/1i8kxeC ) private equity firm Permira is selling to Hellman & Friedman, a private equity investment firm with offices in San Francisco, New York and London.
According to a statement released by the companies, the sale is expected to be finalized within three months.
Renaissance Learning will remain headquartered in Wisconsin Rapids.
The company says Renaissance Learning is in more than one-third of U.S. schools and 60 countries. According to its website, it keeps data for 38,000 schools and maintains reading records for 10.7 million students.
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