Pedestrian struck by car, facing life-threatening injuries after Kenosha County accident

KENOSHA COUNTY -- One person is facing life-threatening injuries after being hit by a car in Somers on Saturday afternoon.Somers Fire and Rescue responded to the scene near 15th street 45th Avenue just before 3 p.m. on May 2.

Sheriff: 79 Kenosha County inmates, 18 staff tested positive for COVID-19

KENOSHA COUNTY -- Kenosha County sheriff's officials on Thursday, April 30 announced 79 inmates at the Kenosha County Detention Center and Kenosha County Jail tested positive for COVID-19, along with five employees.

MPD: 107 arrests for stay-at-home violations; Council unanimously approves $500 fines

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police are allowed to issue citations to people failing to comply with Governor Tony Evers' "Safer at Home" order after the Milwaukee Common Council on Tuesday, April 21 unanimously approved an ordinance authorizing $500 fines for violators.The ordinance authorizes the commissioner of health and police officers to issue citations to anyone who willfully violates or obstructs the execution of the order issued under state statute.

Police pursuit ends in fatal crash on Sheridan Road at Highway 158 in Kenosha

KENOSHA -- An investigation is underway after a police pursuit ended in a fatal crash in Kenosha on Wednesday, April 8.According to police, officers were responding to reports of a shooting when they spotted a vehicle matching the description of the suspect vehicle.

Police: 2 suspects arrested in fatal shooting of Kenosha man

KENOSHA -- Two men have been arrested for the fatal shooting of Malik Boyd, Kenosha police announced Tuesday, March 31.Boyd, a 23-year-old resident of Gurnee, Illinois, was killed Feb. 29 near 30th Avenue and Roosevelt Road.The two suspects -- ages 37 and 27 -- are being held in custody, each on a $1 million cash bond.

Kenosha officials: Beware of scams related to the coronavirus pandemic

KENOSHA -- The Kenosha County Sheriff’s Department is warning people on Tuesday, March 31 to beware of scams related to the coronavirus pandemic.Recently the FBI issued an alert that phone calls, texts or emails asking for personal or financial information to get the $1,200 federal payment check that was included in last week's stimulus bill are not legitimate.

Kenosha police investigate stabbing that left man in critical condition

KENOSHA -- Police were called to 60th Street and 14th Avenue in the early morning hours of Saturday, March 28 for a report of an adult male who had been stabbed in the chest.The victim was transported to a hospital where he is in critical condition with life-threatening injuries, according to police.Police say a suspect is not in custody.

Kenosha police arrest 50-year-old man accused of selling heroin that also contained fentanyl

KENOSHA -- Kenosha police arrested a 50-year-old Illinois man who they say is suspected of running a drug operation in which he was selling heroin that also contained fentanyl.The Illinois man was arrested on Thursday morning, March 26 by the Kenosha Drug Operation Group (KDOG).

ICE removes detainees from Kenosha Co. jails 'to safeguard our employees, their families, and the community we serve'

KENOSHA -- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are no longer housing ICE detainees in the Kenosha County Jail, the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department announced on Tuesday, March 17.

Kenosha County Sheriff's Department seeks help to locate inmate on the run

KENOSHA COUNTY -- The Kenosha County Sheriff's Department is calling on the public for help in its search for Charles Johnson.Deputies responded on Wednesday, March 11 to the neighborhood near 53rd Street and 24th Avenue in Kenosha -- in an attempt to locate Johnson, a Kenosha County Detention Center (KCDC) inmate that "failed to comply with the regulations" of his electronic monitoring program.

Police: Kenosha man grabbed officer's genitals during arrest

KENOSHA -- A 31-year-old Kenosha man has been charged with four counts in connection to a March 7 arrest -- during which, authorities say, he grabbed a male officer's genitals.According to a criminal complaint, officers were called to a Kenosha bar for a fight around 2:25 a.m. on March 7.

Kenosha PD seeks new clues in cold case from June 2013, victim died of strangulation

KENOSHA -- Kenosha police are asking for the public's help to solve a cold case from June 2013.Officials say Michele Harmon was found deceased in her residence on 27th Avenue on June 13, 2013.

'Want to come in?' Kenosha County sheriff investigates possible attempted abduction

KENOSHA -- Officials with the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department said a 13-year-old boy was approached by a driver while waiting for the school bus Wednesday morning, March 4 on 84th Street.Sheriff's officials said it happened shortly before 11:30 a.m.Deputies met with school administrators and the boy, who stated that while waiting for the school bus in his driveway, a gray, four-door car (unknown make or model) stopped in the roadway near the student.The student stated the driver was a white male with short brown hair -- wearing a black hooded sweatshirt.

Law enforcement arrests man, woman in Kenosha; pair suspected of producing narcotics

KENOSHA -- Law enforcement arrested a 44-year-old man and 36-year-old woman after executing a search warrant near 26th Avenue and 33rd Street in Kenosha on Tuesday morning, March 3.Members of the Kenosha Drug Operations Group, Kenosha County Sheriff's Department, Kenosha Police Department, and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency executed the search warrant around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday.

Police release name of victim fatally shot in Kenosha

KENOSHA -- Police have identified the victim in a fatal shooting that occurred around 2 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 29.Officers were in the area of 30th Avenue and Roosevelt Road when they reported hearing gunshots and immediately responded to the scene.On arrival, police found Malik Boyd, 23, of Gurnee, Illinois who had been shot.