Green County
Felonies
● Anthony J. Lewis, 34, Monticello, was charged July 2 with a Class H felony count of child abuse, a Class I felony count of substantial battery and misdemeanor counts of bail jumping. He has signed a $5,000 signature bond. The case stems from an incident at his home June 29. Court records indicate a 5-year-old boy reported Lewis punched him in the forehead with a closed fist, causing him to fall backward off a box and hit his head on the ground. The boy told investigators he hid under a table so he didn’t get punched again. He said the punch hurt and caused a headache. An investigator observed the following day that the boy was “smiling and coherent” and had no bumps or bruising. Lewis denied hitting the boy.
● Travis Lee Hawkins, 39, Brodhead, was charged July 3 with Class H felony counts of operating a motor vehicle with a detectable amount of a restricted controlled substance in his blood and operating with a prohibited blood-alcohol concentration of 0.017%, both as fourth offenses. He was also charged with a misdemeanor count of possessing drug paraphernalia. He signed a $2,000 signature bond with conditions that he not drink or go into bars or liquor stores. The case stems from a Jan. 19 traffic crash with injuries on Ten Eyck Road at County GG (West 9th Avenue) in Brodhead. Police reported finding a case of Budweiser, an open can of beer and a “one-hitter” pipe in Hawkins’ minivan.
● Jennifer Marie Mills, 42, Beloit, was charged July 9 with a fourth-offense Class H felony count of operating while intoxicated and a misdemeanor count of driving with a revoked license. She signed a $2,500 signature bond with conditions that she not drink or go into bars or liquor stores. The case stems from a traffic stop July 7 on 10th Street near 1st Center Avenue in Brodhead. An officer stopped Mills after noticing that she stopped at an intersection without a stop sign or stoplight. He reported that she smelled of alcohol, had three unopened Keystone Light beers and a quarter-bottle of vodka in the 2004 Chrysler and admitted to having three drinks prior to driving.
● Jeremy Harold Hardyman, 33, New Glarus, pleaded no contest July 9 to a Class H felony charge of possessing a counterfeit non-narcotic with intent to distribute and to misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct and battery. Related charges including possessing cocaine and narcotic drugs were dismissed as part of a plea deal. He was sentenced to two years in prison and one year on extended supervision. The convictions stem from two cases filed earlier this year. On Jan. 18, court records indicate he was upset with his girlfriend over relationship issues at a residence on 2nd Street in New Glarus and blocked her from leaving the bathroom, threw her onto the ground, pinned her arms down, choked her until she saw stars and only stopped strangling her when a neighbor who overheard the commotion pounded on the front door and asked what was going on. The other case stems from an undercover drug transaction in October 2017 in Monroe. In selling purported heroin to a confidential source for $160, Hardyman “was braggadocios about the potency of the purported heroin.” A State Crime Lab test of the substance “indicated the presence of heroin but it could not be confirmed due to insufficient extractable material.”
● Nicole Anna Camuso, 34, and Charles Jay Ouimet Jr., 36, both of Seabrook, New Hampshire, were charged July 10 with Class I felony counts of theft by false representation, as a party to a crime. Warrants are issued for their arrest. Court records indicate they used a fake Facebook account to scam a Monroe resident out of thousands of dollars when he tried to buy a 1984 Ford Mustang from them. Ouimet has a prior conviction in New Hampshire of receiving stolen property.
● Paul Michael Rose, 33, incarcerated, was sentenced to two years in prison and 18 months on extended supervision after pleading no contest July 10 to a Class H felony charge of committing battery as a prisoner and having his probation revoked on a prior felony conviction of criminal damage to property, related to a theft of copper wire from a WEKZ radio tower site. A Class I felony count of substantial battery was dismissed as part of a plea deal but “read in,” meaning the judge could consider it at sentencing. The battery conviction stems from an incident March 24 at the Green County Jail. Court records indicate Rose asked another inmate to stop shaking the table they were sitting at, and when the other inmate said he wasn’t shaking it, “they got in a tussle,” in the words of a witnessing inmate. Rose slapped the inmate off the table and then stood over him and hit him four times, surveillance video footage showed. The inmate sustained a swollen lip, black eye and nasal fracture. The incident violated Rose’s probation on the prior case, along with repeated drug violations. Rose has struggled for years with his heroin use. He reported shooting up heroin three to four times a day just “to try to stay well.” His probation officer noted, “Mr. Rose is clearly in need of (drug) treatment. Given his continued criminal behavior and instability, treatment is best completed in a controlled setting. … He has been given several chances to regain his life, yet he has chosen to continue down his path of destruction.”
● Connar Steven Koch, 23, Monroe, was sentenced to two years on probation after pleading no contest July 10 to a Class I felony charge of possessing marijuana as a second or greater offense. A misdemeanor charge of possessing drug paraphernalia was dismissed as part of a plea deal. Conditions of his probation include treatment for alcohol or other drug abuse. He is eligible to have the conviction expunged from his record under a state law that grants leniency to young offenders. The case stems from a contact with police at a gas station in Monroe at about 4:30 a.m. March 29. Police reported finding a pipe with marijuana in it in Koch’s pocket.