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2008 Press Releases
December 30, 2008 WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT EXPANDS POLICE AUTHORITY TO SEARCH THE CONTENTS OF VEHICLES AFTER ARREST OF THE DRIVER December 30, 2008 CONVICTION FOR SECRETLY VIDEOTAPING FORMER GIRLFRIEND UPHELD BY COURT OF APPEALS December 30, 2008 VAN HOLLEN PRAISES WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS DECISION IN SAUK COUNTY CHILD HOMICIDE CASE December 30, 2008 PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY CEPHALON PAYS $5.1 MILLION FOR WISCONSIN MEDICAID OFF-LABEL DRUG MARKETING VIOLATIONS December 30, 2008 THERAPIST CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT December 23, 2008 WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE AFFILIATE VIROQUA POLICE DEPARTMENT MAKES SECOND INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN ARREST December 23, 2008 BRISTOL-MYERS SQUIBB SETTLES STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL'S CLAIMS THAT COMPANY VIOLATED COURT ORDERS RELATING TO ANTI-COMPETITIVE CONDUCT December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS HO CHUNK NATION $18,794 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS $700,000 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS LAC DU FLAMBEAU CHIPPEWA $98,403 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS ST. CROIX CHIPPEWA $131,219 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS STOCKBRIDGE-MUNSEE MOHICAN $62,243 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS MENOMINEE $40,180 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS BAD RIVER CHIPPEWA $142,865 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 MILWAUKEE COUNTY HOUSE OF CORRECTION GUARD CHARGED WITH POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DELIVER COCAINE FOLLOWING WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE (DCI) INVESTIGATION December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT IN CASE AGAINST AMGEN AND IMMUNEX ALLEGING DECEPTIVE MANIPULATION OF AVERAGE WHOLESALE PRICE FOR PHARMACEUTICALS December 22, 2008 PEWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE December 22, 2008 WATERTOWN DRUG LAB BUSTED December 22, 2008 BARRON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS RED CLIFF CHIPPEWA $90,329 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS LAC COURTE OREILLES CHIPPEWA $75,608 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS ONEIDA NATION $40,359 IN TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 19, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH DANE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND STOUGHTON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION December 19, 2008 iron county landowner ORDERED TO PAY $10,000 FOR PLACING FILL IN wetlands December 19, 2008 FORMER STATE TROOPER CONVICTED IN MARQUETTE COUNTY THEFT December 18, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS ASSIST DUNN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION December 18, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AND NEW RICHMOND POLICE DEPARTMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION December 17, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH IOWA COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR DALE SCHULTZ AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE STEVE HILGENBERG December 17, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH WAUSAU POLICE DEPARTMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION December 17, 2008 Statement by Deputy Attorney General Raymond P. Taffora Regarding the Death of Former Deputy Attorney General Mark E. Musolf December 17, 2008 Statement by Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Regarding the Death of Former Deputy Attorney General Mark E. Musolf December 17, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH SAUK COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE December 16, 2008 STATUTORY CHANGES ALLOW STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD TO MAKE PRUDENT INVESTMENTS FROM OTHER THAN ENUMERATED LIST, VAN HOLLEN REASONS IN FORMAL OPINION December 16, 2008 WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS CONSTITUTIONALITY OF STATE'S SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY PROGRAM AS APPLIED TO PERSON CONVICTED OF FALSELY IMPRISONING A CHILD December 16, 2008 WISCONSIN, 31 OTHER STATES ANNOUNCE MAKERS OF AIRBORNE SETTLE CHARGES OF DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING FOR $7 MILLION & AGREE TO CHANGE MARKETING PRACTICES December 16, 2008 WISCONSIN RAPIDS POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE December 15, 2008 WISCONSIN ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN REACHES $12 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH TOY MAKER MATTEL RESOLVING INVESTIGATION OVER TOYS RECALLED FOR EXCESSIVE LEAD PAINT December 15, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES WISCONSIN SCHOOLS TO PARTICIPATE IN AMBER ALERT POSTER CONTEST December 12, 2008 HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANY AND OWNER SENTENCED IN THEFT BY CONTRACTOR AND UNFAIR HOME IMPROVEMENT TRADE PRACTICE CASE December 12, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS $708,400 IN COUNTY-TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT GRANTS December 12, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FILES BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF CONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE MARRIAGE AMENDMENT December 12, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT AND U.S. IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION November 26, 2008 WAUKESHA COUNTY JURY CONVICTION OF MICHAEL MERTES FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE UPHELD BY COURT OF APPEALS November 25, 2008 EAU CLAIRE COUNTY COURT COMMITS CHRISTOPHER J. SEELEY TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 November 25, 2008 WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURTS MAY IMPOSE NEW CONDITIONS OF SUPERVISION ON CRIMINAL OFFENDERS RE-RELEASED INTO THE COMMUNITY, WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS HOLDS November 24, 2008 FORMER DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAM WORKER CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING CLIENT OF PROGRAM November 21, 2008 STATES URGE FTC TO STRENGTHEN "USED CAR RULE" November 21, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH SUPERIOR POLICE DEPARTMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION November 21, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION November 21, 2008 FAMILY ABDUCTION ENDANGERED CHILD ALERT November 21, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EMPLOYEE DENISE SCHILLING RECEIVES UNSUNG HERO AWARD FROM WISCONSIN LAW JOURNAL November 20, 2008 11 ILLEGAL ALIEN GANG MEMBERS ARRESTED IN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE & ICE-LED OPERATION TARGETING GANG MEMBERS November 20, 2008 POLK COUNTY NURSE SENTENCED FOR THEFT November 19, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AWARDED FEDERAL GRANT TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR HOMICIDE TRAINING FOR PROSECUTORS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS November 19, 2008 CIRCUIT COURT PROPERLY ADMITTED EXPERT "DEATH SCENE ANALYSIS" TESTIMONY IN WALWORTH COUNTY HOMICIDE TRIAL, WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS HOLDS November 19, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TRAINS INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE MEMBERS IN FIGHT AGAINST CHILD PORNOGRAPHY November 18, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH WEST ALLIS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE UNITED STATES IMMIGRATION & CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT AGENTS IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION November 18, 2008 CAREGIVER CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING NURSING HOME PATIENTS November 18, 2008 HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANY AND OWNER CHARGED WITH THEFT BY CONTRACTOR AND HOME IMPROVEMENT FRAUD November 17, 2008 STURTEVANT POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE November 13, 2008 STURTEVANT - The Sturtevant Police Department has joined the Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. November 12, 2008 MILWAUKEE COUNTY AGREES TO A PENALTY OF $25,000 FOR ASBESTOS VIOLATIONS DURING THE DEMOLITION OF THE COURTHOUSE ANNEX BUILDING November 11, 2008 ARIZONA WOMAN CHARGED WITH FIVE COUNTS OF FRAUDULENT CLAIMS FOR TAX CREDIT November 11, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTORNEY THOMAS DAWSON RECEIVES THE WARREN H. STOPLER AWARD FROM THE UW LAW SCHOOL FOR DEDICATION AS AN ADJUNCT PROFESSOR November 10, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RELEASES ASSESSMENT OF NORTHEAST WISCONSIN GANGS November 10, 2008 Law Enforcement Gang Summit Reviews Study's Findings & Develops Strategy to Share Information on Fox Valley's Gangs November 7, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH MERRILL POLICE DEPARTMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION November 6, 2008 WISCONSIN, 42 OTHER STATES ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT WITH CRAIGSLIST, NCMEC TO CRACK DOWN ON EROTIC SERVICES AD CONTENT November 6, 2008 WISCONSIN COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE ASSOCIATION (WI CASA) RECEIVES $15,000 GRANT FROM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE November 6, 2008 INTERNET PREDATORS IN WISCONSIN November 6, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AWARDED $412,718 FEDERAL GRANT TO COMBAT CHILD SEXUAL PREDATORS November 6, 2008 MANN BROS., INC. AGREES TO PAY PENALTIES FOR WATER POLLUTION CONTROL VIOLATIONS November 6, 2008 VIROQUA POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE November 3, 2008 ELECTIONS TASK FORCE ESTABLISHES ELECTION DAY HOTLINE November 3, 2008 ANTIGO POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE October 31, 2008 DANE COUNTY COURT COMMITS BRUCE C. WILLIAMS TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 October 31, 2008 WAYSIDE DAIRY FARM, INC. OF BROWN COUNTY ORDERED TO PAY $56,250 FOR VIOLATIONS OF STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS October 31, 2008 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE October 31, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF STATE CRIME LABORATORY INVESTIGATION October 30, 2008 MILK SPECIALTIES COMPANY OF SHEBOYGAN COUNTY ORDERED TO PAY $75,000 FOR VIOLATIONS OF STATE WATER POLLUTION CONTROL LAW October 30, 2008 JOINT STATEMENT BY KEVIN POTTER & ROY KORTE, ELECTIONS TASK FORCE COORDINATORS, ON WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ELECTION DAY OBSERVERS October 30, 2008 WAUSHARA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE October 29, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ISSUES FORMAL OPINION ON HOW 2007 WISCONSIN ACT 1 HAS IMPACTED PROSECUTION OF POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS OF ELECTION LAWS, LOBBY LAWS AND ETHICS LAWS October 29, 2008 Van Hollen Holds Final Of Statewide Training Sessions On Open Meetings And Public Records Laws October 28, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ELECTION DAY ACTIVITIES TO ENSURE RIGHT TO VOTE AND COMPLIANCE WITH STATE ELECTION LAWS October 28, 2008 SPARTA POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE October 28, 2008 VAN HOLLEN HOLDS FOURTH OF FIVE OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS SEMINARS IN OAK CREEK October 28, 2008 WHITEWATER POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE October 28, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH WAUKESHA COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE October 28, 2008 COMBINED LOCKS POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE October 27, 2008 Halloween Safety Tips October 27, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AWARDED $710,828 FEDERAL GRANT FOR WISCONSIN METHAMPHETAMINE INITIATIVE October 27, 2008 DCI LED INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN 11 ARRESTS FOR DISTRIBUTING CRACK COCAINE AND CONSPIRING TO DISTRIBUTE CRACK COCAINE October 24, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION October 24, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN SUMMIT ON PUBLIC SAFETY ADDRESSES POLICE PARTNERSHIPS, PHARMACEUTICAL DIVERSIONS, SCHOOL VIOLENCE & MANAGING A CRIME SCENE October 23, 2008 MADISON POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE October 23, 2008 STATEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ON TODAYS DECISION INVOLVING THE ELECTION INTEGRITY CASE October 23, 2008 CREDIT REPAIR: HOW TO DO IT YOURSELF AND AVOID A SCAM October 22, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FILES JUDGMENT AGAINST PFIZER INC. RESOLVING A FIVE-YEAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPANY'S MARKETING OF BEXTRA AND CELEBREX October 20, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FILES REPLY BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN ELECTION INTEGRITY CASE AGAINST GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD October 20, 2008 JOINT STATEMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND CAROLYN KELLY REGARDING SETTLEMENT OF KELLY'S APPEAL TO WERC OF DISCIPLINARY ACTION October 20, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONDUCTS DEATH INVESTIGATION SCHOOL October 20, 2008 WISCONSIN STATE CRIME LAB ACHIEVES NEW RECORD IN NUMBER OF DNA HITS October 16, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH CRAWFORD COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE LEE NERISON October 16, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH VERNON COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE LEE NERISON October 15, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Meets With Clark County Leaders At Law Enforcement Roundtable Hosted By State Senator Pat Kreitlow And State Representative Scott Suder October 15, 2008 WAUPAN INMATE'S THEFT-BY-FRAUD CONVICTION FOR BURN-OUT PHONE SCAM' AFFIRMED BY COURT OF APPEALS October 15, 2008 VAN HOLLEN HOLDS THIRD OF FIVE OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS SEMINARS IN WAUSAU October 15, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH MARATHON COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE STATE REPRESENTATIVE JERRY PETROWSKI, STATE REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT SUDER AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE DONNA SEIDEL October 15, 2008 WISCONSIN STATUTES VEST ATTORNEY GENERAL WITH RESPONSIBILITY TO ENFORCE ELECTIONS LAWS, VAN HOLLEN ARGUES IN BRIEF FILED IN ELECTION INTEGRITY CASE October 14, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FILES CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST SPECIAL REGISTRATION DEPUTY FRANK WALTON FOR FELONY ELECTORAL FRAUD October 14, 2008 KEWAUNEE COUNTY MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM RECEIVES $12,343 GRANT FROM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE October 14, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FILES CRIMINAL COMPLAINT AGAINST SPECIAL REGISTRATION DEPUTY FRANK WALTON FOR FELONY ELECTORAL FRAUD October 14, 2008 CIRCUIT COURTS MUST ABSORB COSTS FOR NECESSARY INTERPRETER SERVICES October 14, 2008 GREEN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECEIVES $15,500 GRANT FROM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE October 14, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ISSUES INFORMAL OPINION ON LAWS ADDRESSING ANTI-BLOCKING ORDINANCES FOR TRAINS October 13, 2008 TEACHER CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT October 12, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES COCAINE BUST IN GREEN BAY October 12, 2008 MARINETTE COUNTY COURT DENIES JOHNSONS REQUEST TO CHANGE VENUE AND SUPPRESS HIS STATEMENT FROM USE AT TRIAL IN MULTIPLE HOMICIDE PROSECUTION October 10, 2008 TWO RIVERS COMPANY SETTLES STATE LAWSUIT OVER FISHERIES VIOLATIONS FOR $27,500 October 10, 2008 VAN HOLLEN HOLDS SECOND OF FIVE OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS SEMINARS IN EAU CLAIRE October 10, 2008 WALT NEVERMAN APPOINTED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CRIME INFORMATION BUREAU DIRECTOR October 10, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH MONROE COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE LEE NERISON AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE TERRY MUSSER October 9, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES HIS SUPPORT OF NATIONAL TEEN DRIVER SAFETY WEEK October 9, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS $848,600 TO FUND MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL DRUG ENFORCEMENT GROUPS October 8, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH KEWAUNEE COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE GAREY BIES October 8, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Meets With Door County Leaders At Law Enforcement Roundtable Hosted By State Senator Alan Lasee And State Representative Garey Bies October 7, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN TO HOST WORKING SUMMIT ON PUBLIC SAFETY October 7, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH RIVER FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN OPERATION October 7, 2008 VAN HOLLEN, 33 STATES REACH LANDMARK $62 MILLION SETTLEMENT WITH ELI LILLY October 7, 2008 CONVICTED FELON ADAM MUCKLIN CHARGED WITH ELECTION FRAUD October 7, 2008 COLD CASE GRANT RECEIVED BY DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES October 6, 2008 Department Of Justice Seeks To Commit Montgomery L. Clark To Treatment October 3, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH IRON COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR BOB JAUCH AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE GARY SHERMAN October 2, 2008 STATE SEEKS TO REVERSE JUDGMENT IN WET MATTRESS CASE October 2, 2008 Department Of Justice Seeks To Commit Brian T. Threlkeld To Treatment October 2, 2008 SUTTON SENTENCED IN ELDER ABUSE AND IDENTITY THEFT CASE October 2, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CRIME VICTIMS COUNCIL MEMBER October 1, 2008 FORTY-ONE GUNS, MARIJUANA WITH STREET VALUE OF APPROXIMATELY $100,000 AND $12,000 CASH SEIZED FROM DRUG MANUFACTURING OPERATION IN LAW ENFORCEMENT STING October 1, 2008 INTER-AGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT MUTUAL ASSISTANCE STATUTE DOES NOT APPLY TO TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, VAN HOLLEN REASONS IN FORMAL OPINION September 30, 2008 ELECTIONS FRAUD TASK FORCE FILES FIRST CHARGES September 29, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH DOUGLAS COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR BOB JAUCH AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE FRANK BOYLE September 26, 2008 State Settles Lawsuit for La Crosse County Manure Discharge and Fish Kill September 24, 2008 MICHELE WINK TO BE APPOINTED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE VICTIM SERVICES DIRECTOR September 24, 2008 STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ON TODAYS HEARING IN ELECTION INTEGRITY LITIGATION September 23, 2008 GREEN BAy company SETTLES STATE LAWSUIT OVER ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS FOR $330,000 September 23, 2008 TOP TEN CONSUMER COMPLAINTS OF 2007 September 23, 2008 NATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR MURDER VICTIMS September 23, 2008 VAN HOLLEN OPPOSES ALL MOTIONS TO INTERVENE IN THE ELECTION INTEGRITY LITIGATION September 19, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FILES BRIEFS OPPOSING MOTIONS TO DISQUALIFY AND MOTIONS TO INTERVENE IN THE ELECTION INTEGRITY LITIGATION September 19, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH FLORENCE COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE JEFF MURSAU September 19, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO COMMIT BRIAN THRELKELD TO TREATMENT September 19, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES ACTION AGAINST DOOR-TO-DOOR SELLER OF MEAT AND SEAFOOD September 19, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH LANGLADE COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DON FRISKE AND JEFF MURSAU September 19, 2008 GRANT APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE TO BENEFIT CONSUMERS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND ANGINA September 18, 2008 VAN HOLLEN KICKS OFF FIRST OF FIVE OPEN MEETINGS AND PUBLIC RECORDS SEMINARS IN GREEN BAY September 18, 2008 CHIPPEWA COUNTY COURT COMMITS DAVID HAGER, JR. TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 September 18, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ASKS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE TO BLOCK PROPOSED MERGER OF XM AND SIRIUS SATTELITE RADIO COMPANIES September 17, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FILES SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION FOR A PEREMPTORY WRIT OF MANDAMUS IN ELECTION INTEGRITY CASE September 17, 2008 MILWAUKEE COUNTY ELECTIONS FRAUD TASK FORCE ESTABLISHED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN AND MILWAUKEE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY CHISHOLM September 17, 2008 ST. CROIX COUNTY DENTIST CHARGED WITH MEDICAID FRAUD September 16, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL SUBMITS BUDGET REQUEST AIMED AT PROTECTING KIDS; SUPPORTING COPS AND CRIME VICTIMS September 16, 2008 STATEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ON TODAY'S WISCONSIN APPEALS COURT DECISION IN THE GUNDERSON ZIEN MATTER September 15, 2008 VAN HOLLEN AWARDS $7.4 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF CRIME September 15, 2008 ROCK COUNTY ATTORNEY SENTENCED IN THEFT BY FRAUD CASE September 12, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AGENTS PARTNER WITH MANITOWOC COUNTY METRO DRUG UNIT TO CONDUCT JOINT RAID ON COCAINE TRAFFICKING September 12, 2008 STATEMENT FROM ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ON THE SENTENCING OF ROGER SMITH FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY September 10, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN FILES SUIT AGAINST WISCONSIN GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD TO BRING WISCONSIN INTO COMPLIANCE WITH VOTING LAWS September 10, 2008 DANE COUNTY COURT COMMITS PETER A. OLIVER TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 September 10, 2008 STATE SETTLES WATER PROTECTION SUIT September 9, 2008 MAKING SCHOOLS SAFER BY FACILITATING INFORMATION SHARING September 8, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN LAUNCHES SECOND PHASE OF PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WARNING PARENTS OF DANGER OF INTERNET PREDATORS September 8, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN TO HOST FIVE SEMINARS ON WISCONSIN'S PUBLIC RECORDS LAW AND OPEN MEETINGS LAW September 5, 2008 MARSHFIELD DOORSYSTEMS, INC. AGREES TO PAY $30,000 FINE FOR VIOLATING STATE AIR POLLUTION CONTROL LAWS September 4, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ISSUES FORMAL OPINION CLARIFYING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE, COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER September 4, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ISSUES INFORMAL OPINION ON ARREST POWERS OF PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS September 4, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Issues Informal Opinion on Duty of County Jail Staff to Comply with "Do-Not-Resuscitate" Orders of Jail Inmates September 2, 2008 JACKSON COUNTY WELL DRILLING COMPANY TO PAY $8,000 FINE FOR IMPROPERLY CONSTRUCTED WELLS August 27, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Advises Government Accountability Board On Help America Vote Act (HAVA) Compliance August 25, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen To Host Five Free Seminars On Wisconsin's Public Records Law And Open Meetings Law August 22, 2008 La Crosse Undertaker Sentenced For Public Assistance Fraud Conviction August 22, 2008 Department Of Justice Special Agents Receive Awards For Investigative Work August 20, 2008 Jury Trial Set For Oshkosh Man Charged In Securities Scheme August 20, 2008 Police Properly Frisked A Subject After He Voluntarily Handed Over Two Knives, Court Of Appeals Holds August 20, 2008 Chippewa Falls Man Ordered To Pay Additional $20,000 To Fund Tank Removal And Contaminated Soil Remediation Costs August 19, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Meets With Price County Leaders At Law Enforcement Roundtable Hosted By State Representative Mary Williams August 19, 2008 Bobby Salas Sentenced For Threats Against A Judge And A Witness August 18, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Meets With Ashland County Leaders At Law Enforcement Roundtable Hosted By State Senator Bob Jauch And State Representative Gary Sherman August 15, 2008 Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Recertified By Office Of Inspector General August 14, 2008 Sawyer County Law Enforcement Round Table August 14, 2008 Washburn County Law Enforcement Roundtable August 13, 2008 Court Of Appeals Affirms Jason M. Brush's Kenosha County Conviction For Reckless Endangerment Using A Dangerous Weapon, Battery Of A Probation Agent, And False Imprisonment August 13, 2008 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Meets With St. Croix County Leaders At Law Enforcement Roundtable Hosted By State Senator Sheila Harsdorf, State Representative Kitty Rhoades And State Representative John Murtha August 13, 2008 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Meets With Pierce County Leaders At Law Enforcement Roundtable Hosted By State Senator Sheila Harsdorf And State Representative Kitty Rhoades August 13, 2008 Annuity Service Center Settles Case Involving Deceptive Marketing Practices That Targeted Wisconsin Senior Citizens August 12, 2008 Aurora Health Care, Inc. To Pay $250,000 For Violating State Air Pollution Control Laws August 12, 2008 DAVID SPAKOWICZ TO BE APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE NARCOTICS BUREAU TINA VIRGIL TO BE APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF THE ARSON AND SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS BUREAU August 12, 2008 MENOMONIE POLICE DEPARTMENT JOINS THE WISCONSIN INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN TASK FORCE August 7, 2008 Middleton Company Asphalt Specialists, LLC Violated State Consumer Protection Laws, Court Rules August 7, 2008 Evidence Of Meth Lab Can Be Used In Juneau County Trial Of Sean Fox On Methamphetamine Manufacturing And Other Drug Charges, Court Of Appeals Holds August 7, 2008 Middleton Company Asphalt Specialists, LLC Violated State Consumer Protection Laws, Court Rules August 1, 2008 Department of Justice Seeks to Commit Milton Taylor to Treatment August 1, 2008 Statement From Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen On The East Kingsford Train Bridge Shooting July 31, 2008 WASHBURN AUTO SALVAGE YARD TO PAY $38,000 FOR VIOLATING ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION LAWS July 31, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO COMMIT STANLEY BLODGETT TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 July 30, 2008 OLSEN BROTHERS ENTERPRISES, LLP ENJOINED FROM FURTHER CONSTRUCTION AT TOWN OF BELMONT SITE July 30, 2008 MILWAUKEE MAN CONVICTED OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FRAUD July 30, 2008 SHERIFFS MAY NOT SUPPLEMENT THEIR SALARIES BY RETAINING SERVICE OF PROCESS FEES, ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN HOLDS IN INFORMAL OPINION July 30, 2008 COUNTY MAY PROHIBIT ONE COMPANY FROM BEING BOTH THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AND THE CONTRACTOR ON THE SAME PROJECT, ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN HOLDS IN INFORMAL OPINION July 29, 2008 THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND THE CONSUMER LAW CLINIC REACH A PRELIMINARY SETTLEMENT WITH TREMONT FINANCIAL, LLC July 28, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO COMMIT KEVIN LEDOUX TO TREATMENT July 24, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH VILAS COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN MEYER July 24, 2008 COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS CONVICTION OF FORMER MADISON BUSINESSMAN GORDON SUSSMAN FOR TWO COUNTS OF REPEATED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF THE SAME CHILD AND SIXTEEN COUNTS OF POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY July 24, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH ONEIDA COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DAN MEYER July 22, 2008 West Bend Contractor Pays $215,000 for Violating Water Pollution Laws at Ozaukee County Shoreline Construction Project July 21, 2008 WALWORTH COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED FOR NEGLECT OF PATIENT July 18, 2008 RACINE CHILD RECOVERED AFTER AMBER ALERT ACTIVATION July 17, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH DANE COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE July 15, 2008 VAN HOLLEN EARNS ANOTHER SUPREME COURT VICTORY FOR OFFICER SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT'S FIGHT AGAINST CRIME July 11, 2008 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Pleased with Wisconsin Supreme Courts Decision Giving Clarity to Wisconsin's Open Meetings and Public Records Laws July 11, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST ARIZONA TELEMARKETER July 9, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF CRIME VICTIMS COUNCIL MEMBERS July 9, 2008 DOG SNIFF OF EXTERIOR OF VEHICLE IS NOT A "SEARCH" UNDER STATE CONSTITUTION, SUPREME COURT HOLDS July 9, 2008 SUPREME COURT RULES THAT GRANT COUNTY CASE CHARGING ATTEMPTED SEXUAL ASSAULT OF DEAD WOMAN CAN MOVE FORWARD July 7, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH DODGE COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR SCOTT FITZGERALD AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE JEFF FITZGERALD July 3, 2008 La Crosse Undertakers Found Guilty of Public Assistance Fraud July 1, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFERS TIPS TO AVOID TELEMARKETING FRAUD June 30, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SETTLES LAWSUIT WITH MEDICAL DISCOUNT CARD COMPANIES June 30, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH CALIFORNIA INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER June 27, 2008 REFUNDS ISSUED IN JK HARRIS RECOVERY SYSTEMS CASE June 27, 2008 MILWAUKEE MAN GETS MAXIMUM FOR FELONY NEGLECT THAT LED TO SEVERE BURNS OF PATIENT IN HIS CARE June 27, 2008 RACINE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE RECEIVES GRANT FOR CHILD FORENSIC INTERVIEW ROOM FROM DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE June 26, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN PRAISES UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN HELLER June 25, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE MIDWESTERN REGION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF ATTORNEYS GENERAL June 25, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN PRAISES UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT'S DECISION IN HELLER June 25, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES OPENING OF MADISON CRIME LAB EXPANSION June 23, 2008 UTICA ENERGY AGREES TO SETTLE AIR POLLUTION LAWSUIT June 20, 2008 Missing Children and Adults Commemorated By Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen At Capitol Ceremony June 17, 2008 WISCONSIN PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION AGREES TO PAY PENALTIES AND DEVELOP ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROJECT TO SETTLE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWSUIT June 13, 2008 COURT OF APPEALS RULES THAT RESTITUTION PAYMENTS FOR VICTIMS CAN COME FROM PRISON ACCOUNTS CONTAINING GIFTS June 12, 2008 COURT FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO COMMIT ROLAND RUPNICK AS A SEXUALLY VIOLENT PERSON June 12, 2008 Eight Illegal Alien Gang Members Brought into Federal Custody June 11, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ASKS STATE BAR TO GET INVOLVED IN SIEFERT CASE June 10, 2008 TAPE RECORDING OF BUS DRIVER THREATENING DISABLED CHILD COULD BE USED IN COURT, WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT HOLDS June 10, 2008 WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS WHITE COLLAR CRIME CONVICTION SENTENCING LOUIS H. LACOUNT TO A 15 YEAR PRISON TERM June 5, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL j.b. VAN HOLLEN RECOVERS $1,883,363.86 FOR WISCONSIN FROM wALGREENS June 5, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FIGHTS TO KEEP TOOLS TO STOP FRIVOLOUS PRISONER LAWSUITS June 4, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ISSUES FIRST CONCEAL CARRY PERMIT FOR A RETIRED DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL June 3, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE SEEKS TO COMMIT EUGENE W. VAHLENKAMP TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 June 3, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ATTORNEY CHRISTOPHER WREN RECEIVES NATIONAL AWARD FOR LEGAL BRIEF June 3, 2008 PRIME CONTRACTOR COMMITS THEFT BY CONTRACTOR IF PAYMENTS MADE BY THE PROJECT OWNER NOT USED TO SATISFY SUBCONTRACTORS FIRST, WISCONSIN SUPREME COURT HOLDS June 3, 2008 WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS UPHOLDS CONVICTION AND SENTENCE ON CHILD ENTICEMENT & SOLICITING A CHILD FOR PROSTITUTION June 3, 2008 FORMER TOWN OF CHESTER TREASURER CHARGED WITH MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE June 2, 2008 FEDERAL JUDGE UPHOLDS WISCONSIN TRADITION OF A NONPARTISAN JUDICIARY IN INITIAL RULING May 30, 2008 RICHLAND COUNTY COURT COMMITS RICHARD D. SUGDEN TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 May 30, 2008 Marriage Amendment Upheld May 29, 2008 WISCONSIN COURT OF APPEALS REINSTATES IDENTITY THEFT CHARGE AGAINST CHRISTOPHER BARON May 28, 2008 Polk County Nurse Charged With Theft May 23, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONDUCTS EVIDENCE TRAINING FOR SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES May 22, 2008 NATIONAL MISSING CHILDREN'S DAY OBSERVED IN WISCONSIN May 22, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES SUIT AGAINST MINNESOTA COMPANIES FOR COLLECTING DEBT IN WISCONSIN WITHOUT REGISTERING May 21, 2008 DARLINGTON DAIRY FARM OWNER TO PAY $70,000 FOR VIOLATING POLLUTION LAWS May 20, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH TAYLOR COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE MARY WILLIAMS May 20, 2008 WISCONSIN CASE HIGHLIGHTED AS PART OF NATIONWIDE TELEMARKETING SWEEP May 20, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EMPLOYEES FRANK REMINGTON, AL GUITIERREZ, AND RICH BASILIERE RECOGNIZED BY OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR WORK ON COMPASSIONATE MOTHERS CASE May 20, 2008 FORMER WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EMPLOYEE PLEADS GUILTY TO FELONY THEFT BY FRAUD OF FUNDS FROM VETERAN ORGANIZATION May 20, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH LINCOLN COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE DON FRISKE May 20, 2008 STIPULATED JUDGMENT AGAINST MERCK PHARMACEUTICAL FILED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN RESOLVING A THREE-YEAR INVESTIGATION INTO THE COMPANY'S MARKETING OF VIOXX May 19, 2008 SEWER OVERFLOW LAWSUIT AGAINST THE MILWAUKEE METROPOLITAN SEWERAGE DISTRICT SETTLED May 19, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE REACHES SETTLEMENT WITH STORESONLINE May 16, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH PORTAGE COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR JULIE LASSA AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE LOUIS MOLEPSKE, JR. May 16, 2008 Department of Justice Files Brief Defending Wisconsin's Nonpartisan Judiciary May 15, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH BURNETT COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR SHEILA HARSDORF AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE ANN HRAYCHUCK May 15, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Meets With Barron County Leaders At Law Enforcement Roundtable Hosted By State Senator Bob Jauch And State Representative Mary Hubler May 14, 2008 WALWORTH COUNTY WOMAN CONVICTED OF FELONY NEGLECT OF A PATIENT May 14, 2008 VICTIM AND WITNESS PROTECTION INITIATIVE ANNOUNCED FOR MILWAUKEE May 12, 2008 ASPHALT SPECIALISTS OF MIDDLETON TO PAY $23,332 FOR VIOLATING WISCONSIN'S HOME IMPROVEMENT CODE AND FOR ENGAGING IN DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES May 12, 2008 Kewaunee Cheese Factory And Officer To Pay $100,000 For Violating Waste Water Management Laws May 12, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE CONDUCTS TRAINING FOR NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEYS May 12, 2008 FREDERICK L. LUCHT CHARGED IN MURDER FOR HIRE PLOT May 12, 2008 Crawford County Sheriff's Department Joins The Wisconsin Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force May 12, 2008 Peters Recognized By Office Of National Drug Control Policy For His Work On Marijuana Investigation May 9, 2008 Wisconsin Law Enforcement Officers Lost In The Line Of Duty Remembered May 8, 2008 Rocky Mountain Enterprises Of Athens Agrees To Pay $75,000 To Settle State Environmental Enforcement Lawsuit May 8, 2008 Dodge County Company Agrees To Pay $150,000 To Settle State Environmental Enforcement Lawsuit May 8, 2008 State Attorneys General Reach Agreement With Facebook To Enhance Internet Safety May 7, 2008 Jones To Serve Jail Time For Battering Elderly Woman To Whom She Was A Caregiver May 7, 2008 Morris Pleads Guilty To Felony Neglect Of Resident For Causing Burns To Patient In His Care May 2, 2008 Prairie Sand & Gravel of Prairie du Chien Settles Environmental Lawsuit for Violations of State Wastewater, Storm Water, and Solid Waste Management Laws May 2, 2008 JEFFERSON COUNTY RESIDENT TO SERVE JAIL TIME FOR UNLAWFULLY DEMOLISHING BUILDING BEFORE REMOVING ASBESTOS May 2, 2008 COURT FINDS STATE HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO COMMIT BLODGETT TO TREATMENT May 2, 2008 DOJ RECEIVES VICTIM & WITNESS PROTECTION GRANT TO ASSIST IN FIGHTING VIOLENT CRIME IN MILWAUKEE May 2, 2008 FASSBENDER RECEIVES AWARD FOR INVESTIGATIVE WORK May 1, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Announces Amber Alert Poster Contest Winner May 1, 2008 OSHKOSH MAN CHARGED WITH SECURITIES CRIMES IN SIX-COUNT FELONY COMPLAINT April 29, 2008 WAUKESHA COUNTY RESIDENT GUILTY OF TAX AND PUBLIC ASSISTANCE FRAUD April 29, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN FINDS THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RESPONDING TO A PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST MAY RELEASE RECORDS CONTAINING PERSONAL INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THE COURSE OF CARRYING OUT ITS April 29, 2008 WISCONSIN ALLIANCE FOR DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN TO SPONSOR TRAINING CONFERENCE TO ESTABLISH A DRUG ENDANGERED CHILDREN PROGRAM IN EACH NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITY April 28, 2008 VAN HOLLEN FIGHTS TO RESTORE CRUCIAL CRIME FIGHTING FUNDING April 25, 2008 CHIPPEWA COUNTY COURT COMMITS HERBERT RICHARD TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 April 25, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH EAU CLAIRE COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE REPRESENTATIVE TERRY MOULTON April 24, 2008 CONVICTION FOR DRUNK DRIVING ON "PRIVATE" ROADS UPHELD April 18, 2008 WAUKESHA COUNTY COMPANIES ORDERED TO PAY $50,000 FOR VIOLATIONS OF WATER PROTECTION LAWS April 18, 2008 COURT FINDS STATE HAS PROBABLE CAUSE TO COMMIT SALENTINE TO TREATMENT April 17, 2008 FORMER MONROE COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF PLEADS GUILTY TO MISCONDUCT IN PUBLIC OFFICE FOR ABUSING FEMALE BEING HELD IN JAIL April 17, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN HOSTS CEREMONY TO COMMEMORATE CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS AND ACKNOWLEDGE MEMBERS OF THE CRIME VICTIMS' RIGHTS BOARD April 16, 2008 STEPHEN KOHL SENTENCED ON FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL ASSUALT AND ONE COUNT OF BAIL JUMPING April 10, 2008 SCHOOL BOARDS MAY NOT DENY ENROLLMENT TO STUDENTS BASED ON THEIR EXPULSION FROM PRIVATE SCHOOLS OR OUT-OF-STATE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, VAN HOLLEN HOLDS IN FORMAL OPINION April 10, 2008 VAN HOLLEN ASKS FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TO TAKE ACTION TO PREVENT PROPOSED XM TO SIRIUS LICENSE TRANSFER April 9, 2008 ONEIDA COUNTY WOMAN SENTENCED FOR THEFT FROM MEDICAID RECIPIENTS April 8, 2008 A FORMER JUDGE WHOSE JUDICIAL TERM HAS NOT EXPIRED MAY NOT SERVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY BOARD, ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN REASONS IN FORMAL OPINION April 7, 2008 PLAIN, WI CONTRACTOR SETTLES STATE LAWSUIT OVER ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS April 4, 2008 ROCK COUNTY COURT COMMITS OWEN BUDD TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 April 4, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH JUNEAU COUNTY AREA LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY SENATOR DALE SCHULTZ AND REPRESENTATIVE SHERYL ALBERS April 3, 2008 RACINE COUNTY COURT COMMITS MICHAEL W. FINK TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 March 31, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH WALWORTH COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR NEAL KEDZIE March 27, 2008 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Probable Cause Finding For William Tarrolly In Securities Fraud And Theft Prosecution March 27, 2008 POLICE ACTED PROPERLY IN COMMUNITY CARETAKER CASE, COURT OF APPEALS HOLDS March 26, 2008 ARIZONA RESIDENT, JEFFREY WILCOX, TO SERVE TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOLLOWED BY 10 YEARS EXTENDED SUPERVISION FOR FELONY SECURITIES FRAUD March 24, 2008 FORMER SUPERIOR CITY FIRE CHIEF SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR FELONY THEFT AND MISCONDUCT IN OFFICE March 24, 2008 STATE SETTLES ONEIDA COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL CASE March 20, 2008 DUANE J. KOLVE PLEADS GUILTY TO RACKETEERING IN CONNECTION WITH HIS FRAUDULENT CHARITABLE TELEPHONE SOLICITATION PRACTICES March 19, 2008 Oconomowoc Man Ordered To Jail And His Corporation Fined For Criminal Contempt In Jefferson County March 18, 2008 Former Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Charged With Theft of Funds From Veteran Organizations March 18, 2008 CHETEK EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER SENTENCED FOR EMBEZZLING SUPERIOR CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT FUNDS March 17, 2008 Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces The Conviction and Sentencing of a Lafayette County Resident For Filing False DNR Reports March 14, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN MEETS WITH FOND DU LAC COUNTY LEADERS AT LAW ENFORCEMENT ROUNDTABLE HOSTED BY STATE SENATOR CAROL ROESSLER March 14, 2008 DANE COUNTY COURT COMMITS MIGUEL TANON TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 March 13, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN'S STATEMENT REGARDING STATE ASSEMBLY PASSAGE OF ASSEMBLY BILL 737, CREATING A WISCONSIN CRIME ALERT NETWORK March 12, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN LAUNCHES NEW PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN WARNING PARENTS OF DANGER OF INTERNET PREDATORS March 11, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN HOSTS CEREMONY TO OPEN NEW DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE AT MILWAUKEE STATE OFFICE BUILDING March 7, 2008 La Crosse Undertakers Found Guilty of Public Assistance Fraud March 5, 2008 MICHAEL MYSZEWSKI NAMED ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION March 3, 2008 BADGER CORRUGATING OF LACROSSE TO PAY $265,000 IN PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF WISCONSIN'S AIR POLLUTION AND HAZARDOUS WASTE LAWS February 28, 2008 Dane Breheim Ordered to Pay $5,220 for Violating Laws Prohibiting Open Burning of Solid Waste February 28, 2008 WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE RECEIVES $3.46 MILLION SETTLEMENT PAYMENT FROM MERCK February 27, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ENHANCE RETIRED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS' ABILITY TO CARRY FIREARMS February 26, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN'S STATEMENT ON MILWAUKEE POLICE DEPARTMENT'S REPORT ON 2004 ELECTION February 22, 2008 Attorney General Finds That Counties May Enact Carefully Crafted Ordinances To Regulate Aquatic Invasive Species February 20, 2008 JURORS MUST BE RANDOMLY SUMMONED FOR DUTY, ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN REASONS IN FORMAL OPINION February 19, 2008 STATE WILL SEEK SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF COURT OF APPEALS DECISION VACATING HOMICIDE CONVICTION OF AUDREY EDMUNDS February 15, 2008 KAREN MASON CONVICTED OF THEFT AND NEGLECT OF RESIDENTS AT THE FORMER HAVENWOOD NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER February 14, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ISSUES FORMAL OPINION ADDRESSING GIFTS TO COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS February 14, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ISSUES FORMAL OPINION ADDRESSING GIFTS TO COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS February 14, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ISSUES FORMAL OPINION ADDRESSING GIFTS TO COUNTY HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENTS February 13, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE IN SUPPORT OF WISCONSIN CRIME ALERT NETWORK BILL February 12, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN PARTICIPATES IN PRESS CONFERENCE DISCUSSING PROSECUTOR SHORTAGES IN WISCONSIN February 12, 2008 ROCK COUNTY WELL DRILLERS AGREE TO PAY RESTITUTION AND PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING STATE WELL DRILLING LAWS February 8, 2008 WILLIAM E. SOIK AND R.J. SOIK PLUMBING & HEATING TO PAY $30,000 FOR WELL CONSTRUCTION CODE violations February 7, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN ANNOUNCES CRANDON INVESTIGATION CLOSED February 4, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN PUBLISHES LEGAL AND PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTACTS WITH FOREIGN NATIONALS January 31, 2008 PARTIAL BIRTH ABORTION BILL WOULD SURVIVE CONSTITUTIONAL CHALLENGE, ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN BELIEVES January 30, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL VAN HOLLEN INDICATES SUPPORT FOR GUNDERSON/DARLING FIREARMS BACKGROUND CHECK LEGISLATION January 30, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN INTRODUCES WISCONSIN CRIME ALERT NETWORK January 30, 2008 WISCONSIN SUES PREFERRED READERS SERVICE, INC., January 24, 2008 BENJAMIN MERCER SENTENCED TO ONE YEAR IN JAIL FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY January 18, 2008 STEPHEN KOHL FOUND GUILTY OF FOUR COUNTS OF FIRST DEGREE SEXUAL ASSAULT OF A CHILD January 18, 2008 WISCONSIN SUPPORTS UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE'S DECISION TO DELIST GRAY WOLF January 18, 2008 RACINE COUNTY COURT FINDS PROBABLE CAUSE TO COMMIT JOHN SWEENEY TO TREATMENT UNDER CHAPTER 980 January 17, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN TESTIFIES IN SUPPORT OF SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC SAFETY LEGISLATION January 15, 2008 Wisconsin Schools to Participate in National Amber Alert Poster Contest January 14, 2008 MYSPACE REACHES AGREEMENT WITH STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL TO ENHANCE INTERNET SAFETY January 12, 2008 Watertown Area Drug Trafficking Investigation Leads to Conviction of Will Bryant January 11, 2008 Former Monroe County Deputy Sheriff Charged with Abuse of a Resident of a Penal Facility January 7, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE EARNS VICTORY IN UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT January 7, 2008 WAUKESHA FOUNDRY SETTLES STATE-INITIATED LAWSUIT OVER ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS January 7, 2008 ATTORNEY GENERAL OFFERS TIPS TO AVOID TELEMARKETING FRAUD January 5, 2008 State Settles Air Pollution Lawsuit Against Three Electric Utilities January 5, 2008 Attorney General Van Hollen Meets With Brown County Leaders At Law Enforcement Roundtable Hosted By State Representative Karl Van Roy And State Senator Dave Hansen January 5, 2008 Wisconsin Supreme Court Allows Marathon County Prosecution Of Leonard Quintana For Mayhem With School Zone Penalty Enhancer To Move Forward January 3, 2008 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FILES ACTION AGAINST SPAMAN WHOLESALE INC. AND CRAIG W. HUEFFNER, DOING BUSINESS AS MASTER SPAS OF WISCONSIN, FOR VIOLATIONS OF WISCONSIN'S CONSUMER ACT January 3, 2008 STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL J.B. VAN HOLLEN ON PASSING OF GOVERNOR LEE SHERMAN DREYFUS January 3, 2008 COURT OF APPEALS AFFIRMS CONVICTION OF JASON VAN BUREN FOR CHILD PORNOGRAPHY POSSESSION AND SEXUAL ASSUALT January 2, 2008 WISCONSIN INTERNET COMPANY, TV MARKETPLACE LLC, SUED FOR UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES
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