Milwaukee, WI
Milwaukee abandoned boat: Hoan Foundation donates to removal effort
MILWAUKEE – A second donor is pitching in to help remove an abandoned boat from Milwaukee’s lakefront, where it has sat for months.
Donor met owners
What they’re saying:
The Daniel Hoan Foundation is donating $10,000 to get “Deep Thought” out of the sand.
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Dan Steininger, the foundation’s president and grandson of former Milwaukee Mayor Daniel Hoan, said he came across the boat – and its owners – after it got stuck in October.
“I see this wreck on the beach, you know, early morning – they had survived a storm from the night before,” Steininger said.
The boat’s owners, who are from Mississippi, ran out of gas during a storm.
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“I chatted with them,” Steininger said. “These are two people who had a dream, spent their life savings to do it. Flat broke, had nowhere to go, distraught. I said, ‘We don’t treat people mean in Wisconsin – you are our guests.’”
That’s part of the reason Steininger is pitching in to help remove the boat.
Abandoned boat “Deep Thought” at Milwaukee’s lakefront
“Long and short of it, these are not evil people. These are nice people who just saw their dreams crash,” he said.
Last week, an anonymous donor kicked in $10,000. And don’t forget Jerry Guyer, who started the effort in the fall and is thousands of dollars in the hole.
When will the boat be removed?
What’s next:
Milwaukee County is now contracting a new company to salvage the boat. The total cost could be up to $50,000, which the county is paying for with hopes it will be reimbursed.
“It’s what we are professionals at, so I guess ‘Plan B’ is us,” said Jeff Piller with All City Towing.
Jeff Piller, All City Towing
Piller said his crew is taking a different approach this time – using 50-ton cranes and tractor-trailers – in hopes of freeing “Deep Thought.”
“We are going to attempt it from land this time,” he said. “Pull really hard and fight it and get it on shore.”
Lincoln Memorial Drive will be closed on Tuesday for the latest removal effort.
The Source: Information in this report is from FOX6 News interviews and prior coverage of “Deep Thought” and efforts to remove the abandoned boat.
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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