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Wild wedding guest bites person's fingertip off after being told to leave Milwaukee nuptials
A Milwaukee man accused of biting the fingertip off a person at a wedding in 2023 pleaded no contest this week to charges of disorderly conduct and battery, according to reports.
FOX 6 in Milwaukee reported that Nathan Landsee of Milwaukee pleaded no contest to the charges on Monday, before the court found him guilty on both counts.
Court documents obtained by the station show that on Oct. 27, 2023, police were dispatched to The Club at Lac La Belle, a wedding venue in the Town of Oconomowoc, after receiving reports that “someone had their fingertip bitten off.”
Once officers arrived, they located Landsee, who “was sitting on a couch with blood on his sleeve, which did not appear to be from him. There was also blood on the floor between the foyer and the ballroom…,” police wrote in the criminal complaint. “There were several people remaining inside the venue who appeared to have been disturbed by this incident, including some who were crying.”
MILWAUKEE MAN ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM SAME WALGREENS 3 SEPARATE TIMES
Nathan Landsee pleaded no contest to biting a persons finger off at a wedding in October 2023. (Waukesha County)
Investigators learned from one witness that there were two incidents. The first incident happened when Landsee “inappropriately touched another guest,” the complaint read.
Others at the wedding became upset with Landsee, who became agitated and started to yell.
He was then taken to a side room closed off to the main ballroom. The complaint noted that the bride and groom tried to calm the defendant down, which led to the second incident.
A short time later, the station reported, Landsee became disorderly and started yelling again. Another witness told investigators Landsee’s behavior led to people asking him to leave the wedding. But that made him even more agitated, and he continued to cause a loud ruckus.
Police responded to a wedding venue in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin on Oct. 27, 2023, after receiving reports that someone had their fingertip bitten off, according to police. (iStock)
The first witness who spoke to investigators said he told Landsee if he did not leave in five minutes, police would be called.
Landsee then allegedly “started to lunge at him and was attempting to strike him.”
A scuffle broke out, and when three others pinned Landsee to the ground, he “bit the tip off someone’s finger,” the complaint said.
“The victim’s injuries were significant,” a responding sergeant noted. “It appeared that approximately a half-inch of the finger had been bitten off. The bone inside the finger appeared to be exposed.”
A Wisconsin court found a man guilty of battery and disorderly conduct after he pleaded no contest to biting the tip of someone’s finger off at a wedding on Oct. 27, 2023. (iStock)
The sergeant added that the fingertip was put into a cup of ice.
Landsee was reportedly cooperative with investigators, who said he appeared “highly intoxicated.”
Police wrote that Landsee said “he did not know what happened, but that everyone was grabbing him, and someone put their hand inside his mouth, so he bit down.”
The victim told police on Oct. 29, 2023, that the injury to his finger resulted in 18 or 19 stitches as the surgeon attempted to reattach the tip of his finger. If the surgery was not successful, the victim told police, he would have a deformity for the rest of his life.
Landsee is expected to be sentenced on Dec. 13.
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A Michigan State student appeared to be brandishing a knife and running toward officers when he was shot in multiple waves of police gunfire, according to body camera video of the deadly confrontation released Friday.
MSU senior Isaiah Kirby, a 21-year-old Maryland native, was killed on April 15, and Friday marked the first time video of the fatal gunfire was shown to the public.
East Lansing police were called to Lake Lansing and Abbot roads on a theft call that “evolved into a stabbing by a suspect, which turned into an officer-involved shooting,” the department has said.
The officers’ video showed them driving to the scene when a man, identified by police as Kirby, came running toward them in the middle of the road. Kirby was brought down by an initial hail of gunfire as he came in their direction, video showed.
Kirby, screaming in agony, was on his knees as officers ordered him to drop a knife, according to video. Police then shot Kirby in two more hails of gunfire, with the first and last shots coming about 17 seconds apart, video showed.
“I want to thank the officers and employees of the East Lansing Police Department for their continued professionalism during this investigation,” said East Lansing Police Chief Jennifer Brown, who narrated the video.
“Furthermore, I want to thank the East Lansing community for their patience and understanding as this investigation proceeds,” she said.
Karyn Kirby, the slain student’s mother, and family attorney Teresa Bingman did not immediately return calls seeking comment early Friday evening.
Kirby’s family was shown heavily redacted footage last week that the slain student’s loved ones said didn’t show why deadly force was necessary.
“Where’s my truth? Where’s my transparency?” Karyn Kirby told supporters earlier this week.
“We have asked from the onset, to see raw, clear, unedited video,” she added. “That’s all I ask. It’s not that hard, right?”
The Michigan State Police are continuing to investigate the use of force by East Lansing officers, officials said.
East Lansing police identified the four officers involved in the shooting: field training officer Beck Martin, who has been on the job for three years; two-year veteran officer Brennan Surman; officer Benjamin Saylor, who has been on the job for one year; and officer Zane Johnson Chasteen, who has been on the job for three months and was paired with Martin.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) – Families and officers gathered outside the state capitol on Friday to remember and honor Minnesota’s fallen law enforcement officers.
Families honor loved ones killed in the line of duty
What we know:
The Peace Officers Memorial Day event began with a 24-hour vigil Thursday night, where officers from around Minnesota stood guard at the memorial.
The day included moments of silence, the playing of Taps and several wreath-laying ceremonies.
“Every once in a while, something tragic happens and somebody dies in the line of duty,” said Chief Brian Hubbard, president of the Minnesota Law Enforcement Memorial Association, which organized the service.
According to organizers, 314 officers have died in the line of duty in Minnesota.
Behind every name is a family, a story and painful memory.
Tina Arendt of Cold Spring was young when her father, Stearns County Senior Sheriff’s Deputy Edwin Arendt, 61, died in the line of duty in November 1987. On Friday, she laid a wreath in his memory.
“It was just a random accident out in the middle of the country, and he didn’t make it home,” she recalled. “Things I remember about him – he loved his job. He loved being out helping people. There wasn’t a day that he wasn’t proud and honored to wear the badge.”
The event was as much about supporting families as it was about honoring the fallen.
“The main heart behind doing this is to make sure that those family members, those survivors left behind, know that we won’t forget about them,” said Hubbard.
The vigil and service at the memorial
Timeline:
The 24-hour silent vigil began Thursday night and ends Friday night. Officers took turns standing guard at the memorial throughout the day and night.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A resident of a home was able to escape serious injury Friday following a house fire in Kansas City, Missouri.
Crews were dispatched around 12:33 p.m. Friday to the 8000 block of Euclid Avenue in Kansas City.
The one-story residence had “heavy smoke and fire” showing when firefighters arrived, per a press release from KCFD.
The fire department brought one person from inside the house to safety, and the individual did not need medical treatment.
City Planning and Dangerous Buildings was requested.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is underway.
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