Crime & Safety
Gun Pointing Case to be Heard by Jury
Curtis Schollmeier is accused of pointing a gun at his fellow police officers, which is a misdemeanor charge.
A jury trial has been scheduled for the Caledonia police officer charged for allegedly pointing his duty weapon at a fellow officer.
Curtis B. Schollmeier, 38, is set to stand trial starting June 21 before Racine County Circuit Court Judge John S. Jude. The trial date was set when Schollmeier appeared in court earlier this month, court records show.
Schollmeier is charged with a misdemeanor for the November 2008 incident. If convicted, he could be sentenced to nine months in jail.
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The Racine Police Department investigated the allegation, which came to light last summer, a criminal complaint says.
According to the complaint, Schollmeier and other officers were ending their shift on Nov. 22, 2008. An officer said jokes were made about Schollmeier not being on the road because he was doing squad maintenance.
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Later information suggested the incident might have happened inside the police station.
But one officer said that after the officers had clocked out and they were outside the building, he heard a colleague say, “Oh, now we point guns at people?” The officer turned around to see Schollmeier putting his duty weapon back in its holster.
Schollmeier later admitted pointing his gun at another officer’s back, the complaint says.
After the investigation, Racine police forwarded the case to the county district attorney, who filed one charge.
Schollmeier also reportedly was implicated in a financial scheme in which he allegedly avoided paying taxes by having checks from the village sent to his family and friends. The Walworth County Sheriff’s Department investigated those allegations.
No charges have been filed for that situation, but Schollmeier reportedly was suspended for two days for that matter. Schollmeier has been on administrative leave from the Caledonia Police Department for the gun allegation since Dec. 1, the same day he was criminally charged. Schollmeier is out of jail on a signature bond. As a condition of that bond, he cannot have any weapons.
No other court dates are scheduled before his trial.
