A Lake Geneva man Wednesday pleaded guilty to helping acquire materials to make methamphetamine for people who have been sentenced on their own meth charges.
A Janesville gas-station patron was assaulted Tuesday in what is being called an attempted robbery.
An Eagle man is charged in Walworth County Court with fourth-offense intoxicated driving.
A Fontana man charged with fifth-offense intoxicated driving is accused of being drunk at a Burger King drive-thru in the village of Walworth, according to a criminal complaint filed in Walworth County Court.
A Beloit couple were charged in Rock County Court on Tuesday with neglecting eight children in their care.
Synthetic marijuana was likely the cause of a rash of illnesses at the Rock County Jail on Monday, authorities said.
A drug-fueled prostitution business employing as many as 20 women was using hotels in Janesville and Beloit last year, according to court documents.
A Beloit man was arrested on human trafficking charges Saturday after spending months in Rock County Jail, according to a news release and police report.
Police arrested two suspects after a gun was fired near South Locust and McKinley streets, leading to an hours-long standoff with police Friday, according to a news release.
A Janesville man was arrested Thursday night on a charge of fourth-offense intoxicated driving.
The Walworth County Sheriff’s Office is offering three locations for people to drop off prescription drugs during the statewide Drug Take Back Day later this month.
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Police are warning about a new IRS phone scam in the Janesville area, sometimes involving recent immigrants, and another scam involving a fake inheritance.
A Rock County man was convicted recently of making methamphetamine at his town of Center residence.
Janesville police say a man with a gun robbed the Blackhawk Community Credit Union branch on East Milwaukee Street at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.
An Evansville man was charged with sixth-offense intoxicated driving after his arrest Sunday.
Two Beloit men are charged with marijuana trafficking after a traffic stop in Janesville on Saturday.
An Evansville man who set a woman's hair on fire at a bar Dec. 16 was sentenced to probation in Rock County Court.
A Walworth County judge sentenced a town of Richmond woman who had been connected with a convicted methamphetamine manufacturer to three years of probation for possessing a controlled substance, court documents show.
A Janesville man was charged with battery to an EMT in Rock County Court on Monday.
A rural Milton man was charged with homicide by intoxicated driving Monday after the passenger in a car he was driving March 31 died.
Janesville police have referred a 9-year-old boy to juvenile authorities on a charge of criminal damage to property.
A Janesville man was arrested Sunday on fifth-offense intoxicated driving charges after police said he drove recklessly.
Experts say locking up guns at home and in vehicles and increasing security at gun shops would go a long way in keeping local guns from falling into the wrong hands.
The Janesville Police Department is asking for the public's help to find the the person or persons responsible for damaging the monument at the Walk of Honor on the north side of Traxler Park.
Nicholas Spangler, 19, of Avalon, was sentenced to jail and probation and will have to register as a sex offender for life.
The man who pulled the trigger and killed his best friend during a game of drunken Russian roulette is in prison, but the man accused of bringing out the gun is scheduled for a jury trial later this month.
A suicidal heroin addict raped a woman he knows as he held a gun to her head in a Whitewater home last month, according to a criminal complaint filed Wednesday in Walworth County Court.
Janesville police said Wednesday they arrested a father and son after a report of a domestic disturbance Tuesday evening, during which police say the son was armed with a long gun.
Janesville police arrested two people on charges of disorderly conduct after an incident at the corner of Walker Street and Yuba Street in Janesville on Tuesday.
Two Beloit residents are suspected in shots-fired incident in the town of Beloit on Tuesday.
A Michigan man faces drug-trafficking charges after deputies reported finding three pounds of marijuana in his vehicle.
Janesville police Tuesday announced that Terrence E. “Terry” Sheridan has been promoted to deputy chief.
Two teens accused of running through backyards with two guns last week had stolen the guns, Janesville police said. The report prompted a short lockdown Friday morning at Craig High School.
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A threat to a "CHS" that has been making the rounds on social media refers to a high school in New Mexico, not Janesville, authorities said.
A Milwaukee teen charged with starting a fire in the basement of a Delavan apartment building told police he built the fire to stay warm but lost control of it, according to a criminal complaint.
A convicted sex offender from Janesville faces multiple charges after being accused of forcing a 17-year-old into sex acts last week.
The body of a Janesville native reported missing last week was found Sunday near Missoula, Montana, according to a spokeswoman from the Missoula County Sheriff’s Office.
The amount of sexual assaults reported to the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office in 2017 shot up almost 70 percent from the previous year.
A Delavan woman already facing a fourth-offense intoxicated driving charge was stopped Monday by sheriff's deputies, who suspected her of driving after smoking marijuana while her license was revoked, according to a criminal complaint.
A Walworth woman charged with fourth-offense intoxicated driving told police she drank 10 1-ounce shots of wine, according to a criminal complaint filed this week in Walworth County Court.
Dennis McNeal, the man suspected of shooting his live-in girlfriend and injuring two others, will be held on $60,000 cash bond at the Rock County Jail.
A Rock County sheriff’s commander announced Thursday morning he is running for sheriff.
A man who used his position as teacher at Janesville’s Edison Middle School to coerce a student to have sex with him was sentenced Wednesday in Rock County Court.
A Walworth County judge sentenced a 22-year-old Delavan man to seven years in prison Wednesday after he pleaded guilty in December to benefiting from child trafficking and repeated sexual assault charges, all involving a 15-year-old girl.
A Walworth County judge Wednesday ordered a town of Bloomfield man to effectively spend the rest of his life in a mental health institution for throwing explosives out of his car in November.
A Walworth County judge sentenced a man to jail and five years of probation for stealing a car, roaming naked and attempting to sexually assault a woman while high on acid.
A 57-year-old Janesville man suspected of shooting one woman and inflicting serious head injuries Tuesday on two others is in custody at the Rock County Jail.
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Four people were taken to a hospital, one a woman suffering multiple gunshot wounds to her leg, after authorities responded to a report of shots fired at 4:37 p.m. Tuesday, police said.
Convicted sex offender Terry A. Ruben will move to 1821 Myra Ave. on April 27, but he will have access to the residence starting this Saturday, according to a Janesville police news release, which cites the state Department of Community Corrections as its source.
A Milton man was arrested Monday on a charge of seventh-offense intoxicated driving, according to a Janesville police news release.
