Alert Tosa Officer Collared Peshtigo Murder Suspect

It was routine and at the same time exceptional. Just knowing to investigate a car a bit out of place on an East Tosa street was enough to lead to arrest in homicide case.

It was widely reported last week that the suspect in the murder of Patricia Waschbisch of Peshtigo was arrested in Wauwatosa. But the Tosa police were mum as to how it came about. While some media credited the Wauwatosa police, at least one news story implied that Brent Kaempf was taken into custody by officers of the state Division of Criminal Investigation. Partly true, but only on a technicality. It's clear from the criminal complaint filed in Marinette County, charging Kaempf with first-degree intentional homicide, that a piece of excellent – if at the same time very normal – police work by a diligent late-shift Tosa patrol officer was responsible for Kaempf's capture. Waschbisch's body was found at about 7:20 p.m. April 28, in the …

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Benjamin Sebena Murder Trial Could Have National Repercussions, Experts Say

A criminologist said the case of the shooting of Wauwatosa police officer Jennifer Sebena is not cut-and-dried.

Disguise Didn't Help Much in Alleged Murder Plot

Photos released in strange case of East Troy man who police say hatched a bizarre scheme to murder an old friend, but the defendant's get-up was part of the giveaway.

An East Troy man who was bound over for trial on a charge of attempting to kill a Wauwatosa man had developed a long-planned plot, police said. But officers did not find the diguise he chose very convincing, and in fact felt that it helped quite a bit in putting a stop to the plot. Police have released with-and-without photos of the defendant, and viewers may judge for themselves. The first police officer to encounter the defendant instantly noticed that he did not conform to the norm – he was wearing sunglasses after dark. Daniel Plevak, 54, did not challenge the findings of the criminal complaint against him, which accuses him of setting out to murder an old friend who he had come to believe was a child sex offender. Police found no …

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Benjamin Sebena Pleads Not Guilty in Wife's Murder

Case of the killing of Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer Sebena will go to trial.

Benjamin Sebena pleaded not guilty Thursday morning to the Christmas Eve murder of his wife, Wauwatosa Police Officer Jennifer Sebena. At his arraignment before Judge David Borowski, Benjamin Sebena again appeared strapped in a wheelchair and wearing a security vest, as he has in every appearance since his arrest and charging. He did not speak; his attorney, Michael Steinle, entered the plea on his behalf. In the very brief proceeding, Steinle made no mention at this stage of a possible defense of not guilty by reason of insanity or mental defect. The not guilty plea means the case will go to trial, with further proceedings to set a trial date scheduled for March 1. The charge against Benjamin Sebena, first-degree intentional homicide by …

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Randy1949

1:57 pm on Tuesday, February 12, 2013

He won't get a 'free pass'. He will be in some kind of custodial care for a very long time. If anything, people who are adjudged mentally ill spend more time in captivity than those who 'pay their debt to society' and are released.   more ›

UPDATED: Benjamin Sebena Charged with Homicide of Police Officer Wife

Formal charges were filed Thursday in the Christmas Eve murder of Wauwatosa police officer Jennifer Sebena.

MILWAUKEE, WI -- Benjamin Sebena, the husband of slain police officer Jennifer Sebena, was charged Thursday afternoon in a brazen Christmas Eve morning attack as she was on patrol.  The Milwaukee County District Attorney charged Benjamin Sebena with first-degree intentional homicide in the shooting death of his 30-year-old wife, who was struck by multiple gunshots early Monday morning in the parking lot of the Wauwatosa Fire Station 1.  At a court appearance Thursday afternoon, bail was set at $1 million cash for Sebena. Assistant District Attorney Mark Williams told the court that Sebena had admitted to police that he committed the crime. Jennifer Sebena was found dead at 4:38 a.m. by a fellow officer on the north side of the fire station…

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Two Sentenced in Brookfield Murder that Involved Tosa Police Clerk

Judge calls the slaying of Air Page Corp. owner John Aegerter "premeditated, cold-blooded murder." Lynn Hajny implores, "I'm not a heartless monster," as judge imposes 15 years in prison for her and 30 years for Tommy Douyette.

A man who brutally killed a wealthy Brookfield businessman and the woman accused of brow-beating him into doing it were sentenced Tuesday to prison. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Patrick Haughney ordered Lynn M. Hajny, 49, of New Berlin, to serve the maximum 15 years nine months in prison, followed by five years three months on extended supervision. He sentenced Tommy V. Douyette, 43, of Milwaukee, to a 30-year prison term – 10 years less than the maximum – followed by the maximum 20 years on extended supervision. Authorities say Douyette is the one who fatally beat and strangled John Aegerter, 63, in Aegerter's Brookfield garage late on the night of June 21, 2011. But Douyette told police he was badgered and manipulated into it by Lynn …

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Woman Guilty on Reduced Murder Charge in Case Involving Tosa Police Clerk

Lynn Hajny concedes state's evidence, including victim's blood on her clothing, would convict her of a part in killing, but prosecutor's feared 1st-degree charge wouldn't stick given accomplice's shifting story.

A New Berlin woman was convicted Monday of a reduced felony murder charge in the brutal murder of a Brookfield businessman, under a plea deal that exposes her to a maximum sentence of less than half the time her co-defendant faces. Lynn M. Hajny, 49, entered a so-called Alford guilty plea Monday to felony murder due to aggravated battery, under which she does not admit guilt but concedes there is sufficient evidence to convict and wishes to accept a plea deal. Under the deal — which came one week before she was set to go to trial for her role in the death of John Aegerter, 63 — Hajny will face a maximum sentence of 15 years and nine months in prison, followed by five years and three months on extended supervision in the community. She had …

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Jury to Hear About Tosa Police Clerk's Alleged Conspiracy in Brookfield Murder

Waukesha County Judge Patrick Haughney ruled Friday Tommy Douyette can testify about a deceased Wauwatosa police clerk's alleged involvement in plotting the murder of a Brookfield radio communications business owner.

A convicted murderer can tell jurors what he alleged to police: that a Wauwatosa police clerk plotted for months with a New Berlin woman to kill and dismember a Brookfield businessman and steal his identity and wealth, a judge ruled Friday. Tommy Douyette, 43 – awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty for his role in the brutal murder of John Aegerter, 63, – can testify about alleged meetings he had with Wauwatosa police clerk Mark Finken and the woman, Lynn Hajny, Waukesha County Circuit Judge Patrick Haughney ruled. Also admissible: evidence Brookfield police pulled off Finken's police department and home computers, plus a notebook that prosecutors allege Hajny used to jot notes about the murder plot. Hajny, who has been in jail since …

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Murderer Implicates Deceased Tosa Police Clerk in Brookfield Killing

Tommy Douyette, who confessed to beating and strangling Air Page Corp. owner John Aegerter, says he was browbeat into it by Lynn Hajny, who plotted with Mark Finken, a Wauwatosa police clerk who killed himself amid investigation.

  A New Berlin woman and a Wauwatosa police clerk were the cold masterminds behind the brutal murder of a Brookfield businessman, a member of the plot told Brookfield police during during a lengthy confession. Tommy Douyette said his girlfriend, Lynn Hajny, browbeat him into killing John Aegerter on June 21, 2011, to steal his radio communications wealth after months of planning that included the police clerk, Mark Finken. Their intention was to murder the eccentric ham radio operator, steal his identity and eventually split the millions they believed he was worth, Douyette said. Hajny's husband, Albert Hajny, worked for Aegerter, who owned about 75 radio transmission towers, ran several companies and was president of Air Page Corp., 14150…

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