Top Stories, February 23rd

Charges Filed In Violent Beaver Dam Domestic Incident

2/23/10 - A Sun Prairie man has been charged in connection with a domestic incident last May that left his girlfriends sister with a broken arm. Bryant D. Williams is accused of assaulting his girlfriend at her Town of Beaver Dam home. When her sister intervened, she was allegedly pushed down a flight of stairs. When she tried to call 9-1-1, the phone was alleged snatched away. When she tried to leave, she was allegedly pushed to the ground. She finally did escape and called 9-1-1 from a nearby gas station. The 23-year-old fled before authorities arrived and a statewide bulletin went out to law enforcement and local media outlets. Williams has yet to be taken into custody and an arrest warrant was issued along with the formal charges. He faces over 14 years in prison if convicted on the felony charges of Substantial Battery and Bail Jumping and misdemeanor Intimidating a Victim. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 8 and a signature bond was set yesterday at $1000.

Man Charged For Sending Sexually Explicit Texts

2/23/10 - A Westby man is charged with sending sexually-explicit pictures to the cell phone of a 14-year-old Lomira boy. Kelvin Stebbins is charged with a felony count of Exposing A Child To Harmful Materials, which carries a sentence of up to three-and-a-half years in prison, upon conviction. According to the criminal complaint, the mother of the child is in a custody battle with Stebbings and she reported the pictures to her brother, a Dodge County Sheriffs Deputy. The 39-year-old Stebbings told investigators that he and his former wife often exchanged text messages of a similar nature. Stebbins says she told him that her cell phone was broken and she would be in possession of the 14-year-olds phone. She says he made up that story. A signature bond was set at $1000 and a preliminary hearing scheduled for March 31.

BD Teen Sentenced For Fleeing

2/23/10 - A Beaver Dam man teen will spend a month in jail for leading authorities on a high speed chase. Kodey Meredith pleaded “no contest” to a felony charge of Fleeing/ Eluding an Officer and had five misdemeanors dismissed but read into the record. The 19-year-old was arrested last August after a deputy clocked his motorcycle going 69mph in a 45mph zone. When the deputy turned around to initiate a pursuit, Meredith fled at a high rate of speed. He was apprehended after losing control of his bike at the intersection of Highway 33 and County B. In addition to 30 days in jail with work privileges, Meredith was placed on probation for three years and lost his license for six months.

Detour Selected for Highway 33 Reconstruction

2/23/10 - The Beaver Dam Operations Committee last night selected a detour route for the Highway 33 reconstruction project, which is slated for 2013. The city will recommend the DOT direct traffic down Highway 151 to County Highway B. The detour route was selected over one that would have diverted traffic to Industrial Drive and DeClark Street.