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North Prairie man allegedlycauses head-on collision while drunk

WAUKESHA — A North Prairie manwas allegedly responsible for a head-oncrash that occurred in the Town ofGenesee May 11.

Matthew D. Bonk, age 23, could facesix years in prison on a charge of oper-ating while intoxicated casing injury -second offense.

According to the criminal complaint,officers were dispatched to Hwy 83, justnorth of Hwy 59, for a report of a crashinvolving a vehicle traveling in thewrong lane of traffic.

The complaint says the victim in thecrash was headed northbound on Hwy83 when they were struck by Bonk, whowas driving the wrong way.

Bonk allegedly told officers that hewas coming from Cahootz bar and did-n’t really know what happened as “itwas all a blur.”

Bonk allegedly fell asleep in the backof a deputy’s squad car and hadextremely slow speech.

The complaint says Bonk had prelim-inary breath test results of .219 gramsof alcohol per 210 liters of breath andwas placed under arrest.

The victim in the crash was trans-ported to Waukesha Memorial Hospitalwith a sore neck and swollen nose.

Eagle man chargedwith OWI, hit-and-run

WAUKESHA — An Eagle man hasbeen charged after he allegedly struck aman with his truck as he left an Eagletavern and drove away Sunday morn-ing.

David Hansen, 34, was charged Mon-day in Waukesha County Circuit Courtwith hit-and-run causing injury, operat-ing while intoxicated causing injury,and OWI — second offense, and facesfive days to 7.25 years in prison, as wellas a possible lifetime loss of driving

privileges.A criminal complaint said Hansen

was at Rustix Bar in Eagle around mid-night Sunday when an incidentoccurred where he allegedly pushed hisgirlfriend to the floor when she would-n’t surrender his keys. A man chasedHansen from the bar to his truck andtried to stop Hansen from driving away,but Hansen put his truck in reverse andstruck the man with the open driver’sside door, knocking him to the ground,where he suffered scrapes to an armand a leg. Hansen also reportedlystruck three other vehicles, a fence anda tree, the complaint said.

Hansen, who was found at his homeafter witnesses got the truck’s licensenumber, had his vehicle in his garage,with damage matching what had beenreported, the complaint said. Hansensaid he drove away after the manattempted to punch him and may havestruck the man with the door as hebacked up, but wasn’t sure, the com-plaint said.

WAUKESHA — A billbrought forward this week byarea legislators could savecity of Waukesha residentsmoney in the long run whenit comes to the city’s switch tousing Lake Michigan water.

According to a newsrelease sent out by state Sena-tor Chris Kapenga, R-Delafield, Rep. Adam Neylon,R-Pewaukee and Rep. ScottAllen, R-Waukesha havejoined him in introducing abill that would authorize theWisconsin Department ofAdministration to allowrepayment of federal SafeDrinking Water Loans over amaximum of 30 years,instead of the current 20-yearmaximum.

“Due to recent changes infederal law, the state has theopportunity to grant moreflexibility in how it fundswater infrastructure projectsto the benefit of ratepayers,”said Allen in the release.

The federal Safe DrinkingWater Loan Program(SDWLP) helps local govern-ments finance drinkingwater infrastructure projectsneeded to meet federal drink-ing water standards. Wauke-sha is facing an expensiveproject to switch from itsdepleted and naturally con-taminated groundwater sup-ply to Lake Michigan water. Itis estimated that a changefrom a 20-year to a 30-yearrepayment could save theaverage Waukesha ratepayer

up to $56 ayear.

“Waterinfrastruc-ture has auseful lifespanninggenerations.Sharing thecosts of theseprojects over more yearslessens the impact on cur-rent ratepayers and morefairly allocates costs,” saidNeylon.

During the last budget,Kapenga, Neylon and Allensuccessfully championed asimilar provision thatextended allowable loanperiods to 30 years forwastewater projects. Thismove was projected to savethe average Waukesharatepayer up to $84 per year.

“Between these twoactions, the average Wauke-sha household water billwill be up to $140 lower peryear than if this measurewasn’t passed,” said Kapen-ga. “This is a way to helplessen the impact of switch-ing to Lake Michiganwater.”

WAUKESHA — A Milwau-kee man’s alleged theft ofHennessy cognac from aMenomonee Falls Costcostore earlier this month gotnational attention over theweekend when it was men-tioned on “Saturday NightLive.”

Jerry Richardson, 40, wascharged last week in Wauke-sha County Circuit Courtwith a felony count of retailtheft after he allegedly stole 24bottles of Hennessy VScognac and a home securitysystem.

A criminal complaint saidRichardson went to the Cost-co store on Pershing Drive onMay 3, telling a greeter he hadno membership card as hiswife was already in the store.Twenty minutes later,Richardson went through acheckout lane that had noattendant, and told a workerchecking receipts at the doorhe was unable to return themerchandise without areceipt. The employee fol-lowed Richardson out of thestore, got the license platenumber off the Dodge Cara-van he was driving, andcalled police, who sent out analert for the suspect in thecase.

Two days later, on May 5,

M e n o m o n e eFalls policelearned fromG l e n d a l epolice they hadRichardson incustody, wear-ing the sameclothes hewore at the

time of the Menomonee Fallsincident.

The alcohol Richardsonallegedly stole was worth$791.76; the home securitysystem was worth $790, thecomplaint said.

At the time of the incident,Richardson was on bond for aretail theft case out of Mil-waukee County, where he ischarged as a habitual crimi-nal

The caper drew a briefmention on the “WeekendUpdate” segment of “SNL.”

When asked if he was sur-prised that the case receivedsuch attention, MenomoneeFalls Police Capt. Jeff Knopsaid Monday, “I don’t knowthat we were surprised. Thereare certain stories thatthrough social media or oth-erwise are broadcast far andwide these days. I guess it’sjust unusual enough thatother media outlets havetaken some notice of it.”

By Brandon Andereggbanderegg@conleynet.com

262-513-2657

WAUKESHA — A Wauke-sha County jail inmate hasbeen charged after heallegedly blew dust into avent, causing the firealarms to go off — so hecould get some sleep.

Dionate R. Burkhalter,20, was charged with mis-demeanor intentionallygive false alarm, accordingto a Waukesha County Cir-

cuit Court criminal com-plaint.

Burkhalter allegedlypulled the fire alarm onSaturday to attract theintention of jail staff afterthey denied his request tobe transferred to anothercell, according to a crimi-nal complaint. Burkhaltertold jail staff that he couldnot get any sleep becauseof a neighbor who waspounding on a desk andsinging loudly.

He also demanded that

jail staff call a supervisor,but was told to be patient.Burkhalter was complain-ing about the noise to aninmate in another cellwhen he said “If they won’tcall backup, I’ll make thelieutenant respond. Watchthis.”

A few minutes later, thefire alarm was activated,according to the complaint.

Burkhalter believed hewould be moved to a newcell after the incident andtold another inmate, “I’ll

get written up and a newcharge but I don’t care. Iwill get some sleep,”according to the complaint.However, jail staff did notchange his cell followingthe incident.

The criminal complaintindicates Burkhalter set offthe fire alarm on at leastsix occasions, according tothe complaint.

Burkhalter could receiveup to an additional 9months of jail time if con-victed.

Falls liquor theftmentioned on

‘Saturday NightLive’

Richardson

Local legislatorsintroduce proposal to lower water bills

for ratepayers

Kapenga Neylon

Allen

WAUKESHA — A Riponman is facing prison afterallegedly stealing his ex-girl-friend’s gun from her housein Oconomowoc on May 11.

Eric Jaworski, 35, faces sixyears in prison if convicted.

According to the criminalcomplaint, OconomowocPolice reported to the 100block of Hancock Court fora report of a stolen firearm.

When police met with thewoman, she said she camehome around 2:45 a.m. on

May 11 to see that someonehad stolen her gun from herkitchen cabinet.

She told police she thinksJaworski stole it after he hadstayed with her for a fewweeks, the complaint said.

The woman made contactwith Jaworski, who said hedid have it, but he took it byaccident, the complaintsaid.

Jaworski is due in courton June 27 for a preliminaryhearing.

Ripon man allegedly stealsex-girlfriend’s gun

Inmate allegedly set off fire alarm to get sleep

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National Peace Officers Memorial DayBROOKFIELD — Chief Daniel Tushaus, left, and Honor Guard member Luke Switalski salute as the piper plays "AmazingGrace" during the Memorial Wreath presentation Monday at the Brookfield Civic Plaza.

Color Team flag raiser Police Officer Julie Stubblefield opensthe National Peace Officers Memorial Day Flag Raising andWreath Laying Ceremony at the Brookfield Civic Plaza onMonday.

Piper Capt. Anders Rhode plays “Amazing Grace” duringthe National Peace Officers Memorial Day Flag Raisingand Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Brookfield Civic Plazaon Monday.

The Brookfield Police Honor Guard stands at attention asBugler Staff Sgt. Zexin Zhang of St. John’s NorthwesternMilitary Academy plays “To the Colors.”