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Rock County judges submitted their plans Tuesday to encourage but no longer require masks in the courthouse as they try and hold more hearings in person.
On the first day of his jury trial last week, a Vlogý man pivoted and pleaded guilty and was sentenced to prison on drug and gun charges, court records show.
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Rock County’s pretrial services program is brushing up against its capacity, but local officials are hopeful that the court system will flow more smoothly after being slowed down because of COVID-19.
If a Clinton man who pleaded guilty to hitting two women with his SUV completes his one year of probation, a felony hit-and-run charge will be dismissed, court records show.
The Beloit man charged with stalking a Vlogý home in June 2019 acknowledged the fear he created for the victims in the case, took responsibility for his actions and apologized at his sentencing Thursday.
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Rock County on Monday held its first jury trial since the pandemic started more than a year ago, and court officials had to juggle safety guidelines and the novelty of holding a trial in a new building.
A victim in a summer shooting that occurred after a reported bike theft said Thursday during a hearing to schedule trial dates that the case has been “really hard on me and my family.”
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Rock County Court officials wrapped up 31% fewer criminal cases in 2020 than in 2019, quantifying one way that COVID-19 brought the court system to what one judge called “almost a screeching halt.”
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A Rock County judge chose to order prison Friday for a Serbian man who was living in Illinois when he fatally struck a Whitewater man in 2019, but the judge agreed that the tragic incident was out of character.
In a voice that broke with emotion, Luke A. Kasten said Wednesday he is haunted by his actions in a 2019 hit-and-run incident that left a man with what a prosecutor said was “very severe head trauma.”