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- Reported December 06, 2006Legal DevelopmentsWaukesha, WisconsinFormer North Lake firefighter Mark Weber, 42, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct with a hate crime enhancer and pointing a firearm at a person after he allegedly used a racial slur and threatened a black man with a handgun in April 2005. In connection with the same incident, former North Lake Fire Chief Terrence Stapleton, 67, was placed on 12 months' probation and ordered to perform 100 hours of community service, 50 hours of that to an organization that primarily serves African-Americans, after Stapleton entered a no contest plea to disorderly conduct with a hate crime enhancer. Stapleton used a German Shepherd to threaten the same black man as Weber.
- Reported December 22, 2005VandalismMadison, WisconsinKevin R. Sochacki and Caleb M. Moore, both 18, and Michael D. Riha and Benjamin T. Chamberlain, both 19, were charged with felony criminal damage to property and misdemeanor disorderly conduct for allegedly vandalizing a university's bulletin board informing students of services available from the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender organization.
- Reported September 24, 2004HarassmentMadison, WisconsinJeffrey Scheidegger, 20, and Jeffrey Jalinski, 19, were charged with hate crime enhancers and bail jumping for allegedly brandishing a replica of a human skull at passersby while yellling, 'Speak English. The last couple that didn't speak English, this is their head' at an Asian couple.
