In Milwaukee County, 15 men are being charged with gang-related crimes of violence and theft. 10 are from Milwaukee, two from Sheboygan, one from Eau Claire, one from Bulter, and one from Princeton, Minnesota.

The gang calls themselves the Menace of Destruction gang, and are allegedly responsible for a series of shootings, stabbings, and burglaries that have occurred over the past six years. Officially, after a 67-page complaint was filed against them, the gang was charged with 18 counts of racketeering, conspiracy to harbor a felon, perjury, aggravated battery while armed, burglary, and endangering safety by use of a dangerous weapon.

The two Sheboygan men were charged in connection with a drive-by shooting that occurred in 2008 in Milwaukee, as well as a fight that later broke out at a gas station. One faces up to 12 and a half years in prison, while the other is looking at a 5-year prison sentence.

Following a report of two rival gang members being stabbed, the police apprehended four Menace of Destruction gang members, pressing charges after the gang members were found with a sawed-off shotgun and two handguns

The gang originated in California, and has spread out to include five chapters. 

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A man who was jailed for 13 years for murder will be paid $25,000 by the state after he was exonerated of his crime.

The man was convicted in a 1995 murder in which two other men implicated him in the crime, but DNA evidence has overturned that conviction. Instead, an accused serial killer was linked through this evidence to the murder.

The state claims board of Wisconsin is rewarding the maximum amount of $25,000 for his 13 years of wrongful imprisonment, which amounts to less than $2,000 for every year spent behind bars. The wrongly convicted man and his lawyer do not feel that this sum, even though a maximum reward, is sufficient as compensation for 13 years of prison. The Wisconsin Innocence Project agrees. They are working to pressure lawmakers to raise the current ceiling for wrongful imprisonment compensation, hopefully providing a better monetary basis to allow innocent prisoners to rebuild their lives.

Currently, a federal lawsuit has been filed against the city of Milwaukee, and the police department in particular. If he wins, he would be additionally compensated for the alleged police coercion of the two men who originally confessed and implicated him in the crime.

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The former vice president of Necedah Bank in Necedah, Wis., was sentenced Friday in federal court to six months in prison for stealing bank funds. The 39-year-old pleaded guilty in February to charges of misapplying bank funds and credit from the small central Wisconsin bank.

She did this by stealing thousands of dollars from the bank by using customers' lines of credit, which continued from 2005 to 2008. The Department of Justice has also required her to pay $33,400 in restitution. According to authorities, these illegal activities began when her personal finances began to deteriorate.

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A 24-year-old Milwaukee man was convicted Friday of first-degree reckless homicide in the beating death of his infant son, court records say. The incident occurred in February 2009 when his wife, the child's mother, was at a doctor's appointment, authorities said. The child was in comatose and died several months later. The man was originally charged with child abuse, and he fled to Illinois. The child's mother tried to eliminate her husband's parental rights to the boy so she could make end-of-life decisions for her son.

The man was also found guilty of bail jumping. He will be sentenced June 15, court records show, and he could face up to 60 years in prison. His wife testified against him in trial, but authorities said she became upset when the verdict was announced.

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