Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee human trafficking case; man accused bound over for trial
MILWAUKEE – A former high-end Milwaukee real estate broker charged with human trafficking, sexual assault and false imprisonment is headed to trial.
What they’re saying:
A district attorney’s office investigator and Milwaukee police detective testified in the case against 38-year-old Austin Chronister.
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“He’d lift her up, underneath her neck, pick her up off the ground, and slam her onto the staircase landing,” said MPD Det. Michael Walker.
Walker testified a woman said Chronister sexually assaulted her. She lived with Chronister at a State Street home for roughly six-and-a-half years, along with other women – including the co-owner of the house, Attorney Christin Saint Pierre.
Christin Saint Pierre leaves court on March 21
Saint Pierre was in court for Chronister’s preliminary hearing. She didn’t comment afterward. Saint Pierre is named in the complaint, but she is not charged in connection to the case.
“She was threatened at one time with being injected with some type of ingredient that would render her in a coma state,” said Sarah Blomme, an investigator with the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office.
Blomme testified a second woman said she met Chronister on a dating website. She, too, signed a contract but felt she couldn’t leave. The investigator said the woman described a sexual assault, as well.
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The women said they weren’t allowed to turn down sex and would be subject to punishment.
“Physically beating her or doing some sort of reprimanding if chores weren’t done,” Blomme said. “She was prohibited from attending family events.”
The women told investigators they entered into a contract as a part of a BDSM lifestyle to live at the home, but became unhappy with the living situation and wanted to leave but felt they couldn’t.
“Her participation in sex parties was consensual?” Defense Attorney Nicole Muller said.
“I think there were some parties that were, and some parties where I think she felt like she was expected to do it,” Walker testified.
What’s next:
Neither Chronister nor his attorney commented after Friday’s hearing, at which he was bound over for trial. He is due back in court next month.
The Source: Information in this report is from the Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office and Wisconsin Circuit Court.
MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department requested the public’s help to find 11-year-old Sir’Charles Bason, a critically missing boy who was last seen near Teutonia and Kiley at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
Police described Bason as 4 feet, 5 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes and black, low-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with green lines, dark-colored jeans, tan sandals and carrying gray Nike Jordan shoes.
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What you can do:
Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
The Source: The Milwaukee Police Department released information.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, previously named one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his cousin in 2020.
In court
What we know:
A Milwaukee County jury found 39-year-old Brandon Gladney guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firm by a felon earlier this year.
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Judge Michelle Havas sentenced Gladney to 29 years in prison on Friday, April 17. He was granted credit for more than a year’s time served and further sentenced to 14 years of extended supervision.
Arrested in Arizona after years on the run, court records show Gladney has also been ordered to pay the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office more than $1,800 for extradition costs.
Homicide investigation
The backstory:
The shooting happened in May 2020. Investigators said Gladney was captured on video apparently arguing with the victim, his cousin, outside a Milwaukee convenience store near 21st and Meinecke.
“It’s all on video, and it’s devastating for that family,” the marshal on the case told FOX6 when Gladney was profiled on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted. “You have a family member that shot and killed another family member.”
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Prosecutors said Gladney walked away but then returned with a gun pointed directly at the victim and shot him. The victim died from his gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Multiple bullet casings were found at the scene.
Gladney went on the run for years. He was arrested in Arizona in January 2023, years after he was charged.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage.
Brice Turang slides to home plate to score during a game between the Miami Marlins and the Milwaukee Brewers on April 17. (Photo by Chris Arjoon/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
MIAMI – Garrett Mitchell went 2 for 4 with three RBIs including a two-run double in the 10th inning and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Miami Marlins 7-5 on Friday night.
By the numbers:
Miami’s Calvin Faucher (1-2) entered a 4-all game in the 10th and walked Gary Sánchez with Brice Turang on second. Jake Bauers hit a single to load the bases.
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Luis Rengifo reached first on a throwing error by second baseman Xavier Edwards, allowing Turang to score. Mitchell followed with his double.
The Marlins scored one run in the bottom of the 10th when Jakob Marsee came home on Trevor Megill’s wild pitch. Megill settled in for his fourth save.
Coleman Crow, who made his debut on the mound for the Brewers, threw 77 pitches over 5 1/3 innings. He threw four strikeouts, gave up two earned runs and a walk.
The right-hander was 2-0 with a 4.07 ERA in two starts with the Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate in Nashville. He missed part of the 2023 season and all of 2024 after undergoing Tommy John surgery.
The Brewers scored three runs in the fourth inning. With the bases loaded, Mitchell hit an RBI single, Bauers scored on a forceout at first and Rengifo scored on a throwing error by catcher Agustín Ramírez.
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Miami’s Otto Lopez hit a triple to center field in the fourth and scored on a sacrifice fly by Owen Caissie. Lopez hit a two-run homer in the sixth to pull Miami within 4-3 and Ramírez doubled in the eighth to tie the game at four.
Abner Uribe (1-0) earned his first win of the season, coming on in the ninth inning.
Marlins third baseman Graham Pauley left the game in the seventh inning with right oblique discomfort after spinning out of the way of a pitch.
What’s next:
The Brewers and Marlins continue their 3-game series on Saturday, with Brandon Woodruff (1-0, 4.36 ERA) taking the mound for Milwaukee and Sandy Alcantara (2-1, 2.67) for Miami.
The Source: The Associated Press provided this report.
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