Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Hey guys
So eventually we'll all be leaving high school. On our way to college, jobs, traveling, whatever it may be. But at one point or another we're all going to be "20-Something". I found this article really cute and really insightful to our futures. It's more of a rant but it's pretty funny. Enjoy =D
Monday, December 20, 2010
This is why we should follow the rules...
Teen driver in pedestrian fatal had expired license
A 19-year-old Muskego woman was driving with an expired license when her car struck and killed a 53-year-old woman in West Allis Dec. 3, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday.
Sarah C. Mlachnik was driving east on W. National Ave. at S. 97th St. just before 5 p.m. when her car struck Linda Lee Zyduck of West Allis, according to a criminal complaint and a Milwaukee County medical examiner's report.
Zyduck, who used a walker, had just gotten off a bus at the intersection's northeast corner and was walking south across W. National Ave. when she was struck in the right eastbound lane, according to the documents.
Mlachnik stayed at the scene and told police she did not see Zyduck crossing the street, the complaint says. Her driver's license expired Oct. 1 and had not been renewed before the collision, according to the complaint.
Mlachnik is charged with one count of operating without a license, causing death. If convicted, she faces up to a $10,000 fine and nine months' imprisonment.
The medical examiner's report released the day after the collision said police were investigating whether Mlachnik may have been texting just before her car struck Zyduck.
Voicemails left Monday afternoon with West Allis police and the Milwaukee County district attorney's office were not immediately returned.
Mlachnik, who is not in custody, is scheduled to make her initial court appearance Dec. 27.
Teen Tragedy
Teen likely to face homicide charge in Bay View student's killing
A 17-year-old Milwaukee boy likely will be charged Monday afternoon with fatally shooting a 17-year-old Bay View High School student last week.
Markus Devante Evans already has been charged with first-degree recklessly endangering safety and illegally possessing a gun in connection with Wednesday's shooting, which killed Jonoshia M. Alexander, according to a criminal complaint released Monday.
Prosecutors plan to add the charge of first-degree intentional homicide against Evans Monday afternoon, Assistant Milwaukee County District Attorney Mark Williams said.
Alexander, a popular student who participated in dance, theater and choir at Bay View, was shot and killedwhile walking to her home from a bus stop after staying after school for dance practice. Alexander's family said she did not know Evans.
According to the complaint against Evans:
Evans' mother told police Evans came into her bedroom about 6:05 p.m., loaded a shotgun and pointed it at her. She said he then pointed the gun at his own head, said he was a maniac and that the police would not get him and left the bedroom.
Evans' mother said she heard a shot and heard her son leave the house. She drove to the District 5 police station to report the incident.
A short time later, Alexander's body was found in an alley about a half block from Evans' home. Her backpack was on the ground next to her. She had been shot behind her right ear with a shotgun and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Evans was adjudicated delinquent of first-degree reckless injury in juvenile court in 2009, making it illegal for him to possess a gun, according to the complaint.
He is being held at the Milwaukee County Jail.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Serendipity
ser·en·dip·i·ty-
1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.
2. The fact or occurrence of such discoveries.
3. An instance of making such a discovery.
Most of us happen upon news stories. Whether it's because we're checking our email on Yahoo! and the main news story catches our eyes, or because our parents are worried about us staying out too late on a certain side of town because there was a robby there recently, we "StumbleUpon" news stories almost every day. Some stories make us sad, others make us happy, but most make us take time out of our day to read and/or talk about them. Hence the term "news". Welcome to Serendipity.
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