
Ashley Luthern
Public Safety Reporter at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Reporter for @journalsentinel. Proud @mkenewsguild 📧: [email protected]
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6 days ago |
yahoo.com | Ashley Luthern |David Clarey
Editor’s note: This article contains descriptions of sexual violence. The National Sexual Assault Hotline can be reached 1-800-656-4673 and a list of local resources is available here. A Milwaukee County judge has decided a 17-year-old boy accused of raping a 53-year-old woman will be tried as an adult. It's the third time the teen has faced sexual assault charges.
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1 week ago |
jsonline.com | Ashley Luthern
Ashley Luthern is often one of the first people in the newsroom to get a call. It might be a tip about a nearby shooting, a source who wants to talk about a sensitive court case, or a whistleblower reporting a miscarriage of justice. Whenever news happens, people go to Luthern. The Ohio native has been covering criminal justice for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel since 2013, telling difficult and illuminating stories about gun violence, domestic violence, human trafficking and more.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Ashley Luthern
It was one of the highest-profile police misconduct cases in recent years. In 2018, Milwaukee police officers arrested then-NBA player Sterling Brown, taking him to the ground and using a Taser. The encounter started over a parking violation. The case cost one Milwaukee officer their career, resulted in discipline or retraining for 10 others and left taxpayers on the hook for a $750,000 settlement.
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2 weeks ago |
jsonline.com | Ashley Luthern
It was one of the highest-profile police misconduct cases in recent years. In 2018, Milwaukee police officers arrested then-NBA player Sterling Brown, taking him to the ground and using a Taser. The encounter started over a parking violation. The case cost one Milwaukee officer their career, resulted in discipline or retraining for 10 others and left taxpayers on the hook for a $750,000 settlement.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Ashley Luthern
After two days of testimony about a traffic stop that ended in a drug arrest, a Milwaukee County judge had heard enough. “You can stop,” Judge Paul R. Van Grunsven said last fall, interrupting the defense attorney who was still cross-examining a West Allis police officer. The judge recounted inconsistencies in the officer’s testimony and body camera footage shown during an evidence suppression hearing. Advertisement“This witness has lost any credibility with this Court,” Van Grunsven said.
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