Pleasant Prairie prisoner transport, man dead

A man arrested for weapons offenses fatally shot himself in the back of a squad while Pleasant Prairie police officers were taking him to the Kenosha County Jail on Thursday, according to a preliminary investigation.

Kenosha County cartel retail theft ring; 4 in custody, 4 deported

The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Office said eight people with ties to a Mexican cartel have been arrested in connection to an organized retail theft ring that investigators believe is responsible for more than $100 million in annual losses nationwide.