MONROE — A convicted felon serving work release during his jail sentence for stalking has been re-arrested and faces additional charges alleging that he continued to stalk and threaten a local woman.

Keegan A. Veium, 27, of Monroe, is charged with felony stalking/previous conviction within the past seven years, stalking/previous conviction from domestic abuse; and misdemeanor threaten with computer message.

According to court records, he was serving jail time related to a pair of felony charges, a count of suffocation; and another felony — intimidate victim — both from 2025.

On the new case, police were called in August 2025 when the victim, traveling home from Madison in a car, received messages from Veium that she told investigators convinced her he would be waiting for her back at home in Monroe.

“The only way Keegan would know this is if he went to (Victim)’s residence and observed (vehicle owner)’s vehicle parked outside,” said the criminal complaint against the defendant. (She) told the (officer) that she did leave her front door unlocked and that her dogs are currently inside.”

He was free from the jail at that time in summer of 2025 due his looking for a job under the state’s Huber law, records indicate. Huber status in Wisconsin allows certain inmates to leave for specific reasons like work, job searches, education, medical care, or childcare. Typically, however, strict rules are followed regarding a defendant’s movements and activities. 

Veium was alleged to have been looking for a job around town during the time in which he was accused of illegally contacting the victim.

 “(An officer) spoke with a jail deputy, who advised Keegan had an interview at Piggly Wiggly and then went to Walmart to pick up some items,” said the complaint. “Keegan was supposed to be back at the Green County Jail twenty minutes ago.”

While she was away in Madison, Veium’s messages were increasingly vulgar and offensive, as the defendant was angry that she may have been seeing another man, according to the complaint.

“(Keegan) also told (her) that he hoped she burn in hell, rot in hell, die a miserable death, a horrible slow painful death, etc.,” said the criminal complaint. 

She told police that she feared the defendant may be inside with her dogs waiting for her to arrive home. But later that same afternoon, the defendant was located by police and re-arrested while walking in the 2800 block of 6th Street, near the Green County Highway Department.

A follow-up investigation revealed that the defendant had allegedly made several calls, including at least one from a local gas station, where he had asked to use the telephone. He was also seen at the Monroe Public Library on the Square downtown.

The six-month sentence he was serving when he allegedly re-offended called for four years in jail, but under a plea agreement, that was suspended to 6 months before Circuit Judge Jane Bucher on July 18 2025. At that time, several other charges were dropped but “read in” to the record for future sentencing consideration, including felony kidnapping and felony false imprisonment.

By violating the terms of the earlier plea deal, the defendant could be subject to that original prison sentence and other potential penalties.  

Veium was set for a preliminary hearing last Tuesday on the new charges. According to court records, he is represented by Public Defender Jane Krueger Smith.