Green County
Felonies
• Keith Daniel Hartje, 21, Evansville, signed a $10,000 signature bond Oct. 16 on three Class I felony counts of interfering with child custody, stemming from an investigation into allegations that he caused a 14-year-old New Glarus girl to leave her parents without their consent on three occasions in August and September. Police found that he and the girl went on road trips together to Illinois, Iowa and around Wisconsin, disappearing for days at a time, shoplifting and committing gas drive-offs along the way. The girl has a history of sneaking out to meet him, and one of her parents had gone so far as to nail her bedroom window shut to keep her from sneaking out. One of their recent trips caused her to be truant from school in early October. Police eventually located her and Hartje at a cabin on Lake Nebagamon in Douglas County. Conditions of Hartje's bond include surrendering his U.S. passport, no contact with the girl or her immediate family, no contact with New Glarus Public Schools, no travel on Edelweiss Road in the Town of New Glarus, no contact with anyone younger than 18, no presence at any Big Brother, Big Sister, 4-H, YMCA or YWCA or other youth group meetings or settings, no leaving the state of Wisconsin and no use of any social media, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. His preliminary hearing is Nov. 14.
• Kyle Lee McNett, 31, Warren, Ill., signed a $5,000 cash bond Oct. 17 on a Class G felony count of intimidating a victim with use of or attempted force, a Class H felony count of strangulation and suffocation, three misdemeanor counts of battery, one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct and five counts of misdemeanor bail jumping. His condition of bond is to have no contact with the victim in the case. The charges stem from a domestic altercation Oct. 5 at McNett's former residence in the 2700 block of 8 1/2 Street. Court records indicate that a woman had to be taken to the emergency room for treatment after McNett kicked her, "stomped" her in the chest, "pounded" on her head, bit her back and strangled her until she almost blacked out. Children were present in the apartment at the time. The downstairs neighbors told police it sounded like someone was being "body-slammed" upstairs. McNett's preliminary hearing is Oct. 20.
Misdemeanors
• Jonathan Paul Heins, 33, Brodhead, pleaded no contest and entered a one-year deferred prosecution agreement Oct. 11 on a misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana, with conditions that he undergo drug counseling and attend quarterly monitoring conferences. If he completes the requirements of his agreement, the charge will be dismissed. Additional misdemeanor charges of neglecting a child and possessing drug paraphernalia have already been dismissed. The charges stem from a May 26 emergency call to Heins' apartment in downtown Brodhead. Court records indicate Heins is a recovering heroin addict and overdosed on methadone while left alone with his sleeping infant son. After he was revived with two doses of Narcan, he told police he had been trying to quell a craving.
• Faith Ann Thompson, 50, Monroe, pleaded no contest Oct. 11 to a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and was fined $805. Charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property were dismissed. The case stems from an incident March 26 at Thompson's home in the 400 block of West 21st Street. Police reports indicate she "trashed" the trailer, breaking a door and damaging a spice rack, dishes, a lamp, knickknacks and a mirror. She had a "strong odor of intoxicants" and was unsteady on her feet.
• Vannesa E. Skattum, 28, Monroe, pleaded no contest Oct. 11 and entered a six-month deferred prosecution agreement on a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. If she complies with all conditions of the agreement, the charge will be dismissed. The case stems from an incident April 25 at Northside Elementary School in Monroe. Court records indicate staff members at the school saw Skattum scold her 5-year-old son after school and strike him in the face with an open hand, causing him to get a bloody nose. The principal asked that Skattum, a school bus driver, be taken off her route. When questioned by police, Skattum was "very cooperative" and cried, explaining that she was under stress and had lost her temper.
• Jacqueline Carol Lynch, 23, Brooklyn, pleaded no contest Oct. 12 to a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and was sentenced to one year on probation and ordered to comply with all counseling recommendations. Upon successful completion of her probation, she is eligible to have the conviction expunged from her record under a state law that grants leniency to young offenders. Two misdemeanor counts of battery were dismissed. The charges stem from a domestic dispute July 11, 2016 at Lynch's former residence on Yarwood Road in Brooklyn, during which Lynch pushed and slapped a man and caused a woman's hand to be injured in a slamming door. In a victim-impact statement to the court, the victims wrote that the incident "left some scars between family members that may never totally heal," adding that "it's too early to say" if the woman's hand will ever fully heal: "The pain alone brings to mind the impact of that evening."
• Belsazar Castellanos-Luna, 24, Janesville, pleaded no contest Oct. 12 to a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and entered into a one-year deferred prosecution agreement with the conditions that he complete counseling for domestic violence or anger management and attend quarterly monitoring conferences. If he complies with the conditions, the charge will be dismissed. A charge of battery was dismissed. The case stems from a domestic disturbance Oct. 25, 2016 at a home in the 1700 block of 6th Avenue. A woman reported Castellanos Luna kicked her three times in her left leg and hit her with a boot.
• Rhett Morrell Katzenberger, 20, Monroe, pleaded no contest Oct. 12 to an unclassified misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana. A charge of possessing drug paraphernalia was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. He entered a one-year deferred prosecution agreement with conditions that he attend quarterly monitoring conferences and undergo drug counseling through Brown County. If he complies with his conditions, the charge will be dismissed. Court records indicate Katzenberger had bloodshot eyes and admitted to smoking marijuana during a traffic stop Feb. 18 in the N1800 block of Wisconsin 69. Police found marijuana, a glass pipe, grinder and digital scale in the vehicle.
• Adam Duane Bliss, 35, South Wayne, was sentenced Oct. 12 to seven months in jail for revoking his probation in several cases, including a 2016 conviction of bail jumping and a 2015 Lafayette County conviction of fraud. Court records indicate he revoked his probation July 20 by sending sexually explicit Facebook messages to a 15-year-old neighbor girl. After asking her "what's the oldest guy" she'd ever engage in sex with, he invited her over for "breakfast and sex." The girl was "greatly upset" by his messages. Bliss is currently facing a Class D felony charge of child enticement in Lafayette County related to the incident.
• Caleb Gene Isham, 21, jailed in Monroe, was sentenced to 75 days in jail for revoking his probation on a July conviction of disorderly conduct. Court records indicate he revoked his probation by consuming alcohol. He was arrested Aug. 30 in New Berlin for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. "This was the first time I drank in six months," he wrote in a statement included in the court record. "I was having a bad day ... I was drinking rum. I consumed four mixed drinks."
• Matthew J. Teasdale, 44, Monroe, was charged Oct. 5 with a Class B misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, stemming from a domestic incident May 16 in the 2100 block of 16th Avenue in Monroe. Court records indicate Teasdale was verbally abusive toward a woman and forcefully grabbed and shoved her. A warrant is issued for his arrest.
• Ian J. Lyle, 17, Monroe, was charged Oct. 9 with battery and two counts of resisting or obstructing an officer, all Class A misdemeanors, plus two Class B counts of disorderly conduct, all stemming from an incident Sept. 5 at his home in the 400 block of 14th Avenue. Police were called to the apartment for a report of an out-of-control juvenile "yelling and breaking things" after his mother got upset at him for staying up all night on his phone. Court records indicate he threatened her, armed himself with a metal pipe, kicked furniture and was resistive with police, who took him into a protective custody. His initial appearance is Oct. 30.
Felonies
• Keith Daniel Hartje, 21, Evansville, signed a $10,000 signature bond Oct. 16 on three Class I felony counts of interfering with child custody, stemming from an investigation into allegations that he caused a 14-year-old New Glarus girl to leave her parents without their consent on three occasions in August and September. Police found that he and the girl went on road trips together to Illinois, Iowa and around Wisconsin, disappearing for days at a time, shoplifting and committing gas drive-offs along the way. The girl has a history of sneaking out to meet him, and one of her parents had gone so far as to nail her bedroom window shut to keep her from sneaking out. One of their recent trips caused her to be truant from school in early October. Police eventually located her and Hartje at a cabin on Lake Nebagamon in Douglas County. Conditions of Hartje's bond include surrendering his U.S. passport, no contact with the girl or her immediate family, no contact with New Glarus Public Schools, no travel on Edelweiss Road in the Town of New Glarus, no contact with anyone younger than 18, no presence at any Big Brother, Big Sister, 4-H, YMCA or YWCA or other youth group meetings or settings, no leaving the state of Wisconsin and no use of any social media, including but not limited to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. His preliminary hearing is Nov. 14.
• Kyle Lee McNett, 31, Warren, Ill., signed a $5,000 cash bond Oct. 17 on a Class G felony count of intimidating a victim with use of or attempted force, a Class H felony count of strangulation and suffocation, three misdemeanor counts of battery, one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct and five counts of misdemeanor bail jumping. His condition of bond is to have no contact with the victim in the case. The charges stem from a domestic altercation Oct. 5 at McNett's former residence in the 2700 block of 8 1/2 Street. Court records indicate that a woman had to be taken to the emergency room for treatment after McNett kicked her, "stomped" her in the chest, "pounded" on her head, bit her back and strangled her until she almost blacked out. Children were present in the apartment at the time. The downstairs neighbors told police it sounded like someone was being "body-slammed" upstairs. McNett's preliminary hearing is Oct. 20.
Misdemeanors
• Jonathan Paul Heins, 33, Brodhead, pleaded no contest and entered a one-year deferred prosecution agreement Oct. 11 on a misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana, with conditions that he undergo drug counseling and attend quarterly monitoring conferences. If he completes the requirements of his agreement, the charge will be dismissed. Additional misdemeanor charges of neglecting a child and possessing drug paraphernalia have already been dismissed. The charges stem from a May 26 emergency call to Heins' apartment in downtown Brodhead. Court records indicate Heins is a recovering heroin addict and overdosed on methadone while left alone with his sleeping infant son. After he was revived with two doses of Narcan, he told police he had been trying to quell a craving.
• Faith Ann Thompson, 50, Monroe, pleaded no contest Oct. 11 to a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and was fined $805. Charges of disorderly conduct and criminal damage to property were dismissed. The case stems from an incident March 26 at Thompson's home in the 400 block of West 21st Street. Police reports indicate she "trashed" the trailer, breaking a door and damaging a spice rack, dishes, a lamp, knickknacks and a mirror. She had a "strong odor of intoxicants" and was unsteady on her feet.
• Vannesa E. Skattum, 28, Monroe, pleaded no contest Oct. 11 and entered a six-month deferred prosecution agreement on a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct. If she complies with all conditions of the agreement, the charge will be dismissed. The case stems from an incident April 25 at Northside Elementary School in Monroe. Court records indicate staff members at the school saw Skattum scold her 5-year-old son after school and strike him in the face with an open hand, causing him to get a bloody nose. The principal asked that Skattum, a school bus driver, be taken off her route. When questioned by police, Skattum was "very cooperative" and cried, explaining that she was under stress and had lost her temper.
• Jacqueline Carol Lynch, 23, Brooklyn, pleaded no contest Oct. 12 to a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and was sentenced to one year on probation and ordered to comply with all counseling recommendations. Upon successful completion of her probation, she is eligible to have the conviction expunged from her record under a state law that grants leniency to young offenders. Two misdemeanor counts of battery were dismissed. The charges stem from a domestic dispute July 11, 2016 at Lynch's former residence on Yarwood Road in Brooklyn, during which Lynch pushed and slapped a man and caused a woman's hand to be injured in a slamming door. In a victim-impact statement to the court, the victims wrote that the incident "left some scars between family members that may never totally heal," adding that "it's too early to say" if the woman's hand will ever fully heal: "The pain alone brings to mind the impact of that evening."
• Belsazar Castellanos-Luna, 24, Janesville, pleaded no contest Oct. 12 to a Class B misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and entered into a one-year deferred prosecution agreement with the conditions that he complete counseling for domestic violence or anger management and attend quarterly monitoring conferences. If he complies with the conditions, the charge will be dismissed. A charge of battery was dismissed. The case stems from a domestic disturbance Oct. 25, 2016 at a home in the 1700 block of 6th Avenue. A woman reported Castellanos Luna kicked her three times in her left leg and hit her with a boot.
• Rhett Morrell Katzenberger, 20, Monroe, pleaded no contest Oct. 12 to an unclassified misdemeanor charge of possessing marijuana. A charge of possessing drug paraphernalia was dismissed as part of the plea agreement. He entered a one-year deferred prosecution agreement with conditions that he attend quarterly monitoring conferences and undergo drug counseling through Brown County. If he complies with his conditions, the charge will be dismissed. Court records indicate Katzenberger had bloodshot eyes and admitted to smoking marijuana during a traffic stop Feb. 18 in the N1800 block of Wisconsin 69. Police found marijuana, a glass pipe, grinder and digital scale in the vehicle.
• Adam Duane Bliss, 35, South Wayne, was sentenced Oct. 12 to seven months in jail for revoking his probation in several cases, including a 2016 conviction of bail jumping and a 2015 Lafayette County conviction of fraud. Court records indicate he revoked his probation July 20 by sending sexually explicit Facebook messages to a 15-year-old neighbor girl. After asking her "what's the oldest guy" she'd ever engage in sex with, he invited her over for "breakfast and sex." The girl was "greatly upset" by his messages. Bliss is currently facing a Class D felony charge of child enticement in Lafayette County related to the incident.
• Caleb Gene Isham, 21, jailed in Monroe, was sentenced to 75 days in jail for revoking his probation on a July conviction of disorderly conduct. Court records indicate he revoked his probation by consuming alcohol. He was arrested Aug. 30 in New Berlin for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. "This was the first time I drank in six months," he wrote in a statement included in the court record. "I was having a bad day ... I was drinking rum. I consumed four mixed drinks."
• Matthew J. Teasdale, 44, Monroe, was charged Oct. 5 with a Class B misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct, stemming from a domestic incident May 16 in the 2100 block of 16th Avenue in Monroe. Court records indicate Teasdale was verbally abusive toward a woman and forcefully grabbed and shoved her. A warrant is issued for his arrest.
• Ian J. Lyle, 17, Monroe, was charged Oct. 9 with battery and two counts of resisting or obstructing an officer, all Class A misdemeanors, plus two Class B counts of disorderly conduct, all stemming from an incident Sept. 5 at his home in the 400 block of 14th Avenue. Police were called to the apartment for a report of an out-of-control juvenile "yelling and breaking things" after his mother got upset at him for staying up all night on his phone. Court records indicate he threatened her, armed himself with a metal pipe, kicked furniture and was resistive with police, who took him into a protective custody. His initial appearance is Oct. 30.