Police: Flip-Flop Wearing Franksville Man Flees Traffic Stop
Suspect charged with obstruction and felony bail jumping after running from police.
A 23-year-old Franksville man is accused of trying to flee from Caledonia police officers during a traffic stop. Joseph Mark Wise was charged in Racine County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of obstructing an officer and two counts of felony bail jumping. If convicted, he faces up to nearly seven years in prison and $30,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 1:57 p.m. Monday, a Caledonia police officer was headed westbound on Highway G west of Highway V, when he spotted Wise driving eastbound doing 67 miles per hour in a 45 miles per hour speed zone. The officer turned around and initiated a traffic stop, so the car turned right on V, then pulled into the first driveway. There was movement in the car and Wise was now …
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Amy Gilgenbach
10:33 pm on Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Hi Caledonia retiree, This article is a summary of the criminal complaint filed in Racine County Court. You're right about the speed limit. I've checked and while the article said 40, the complaint has the speed limit as 45. I'll fix the article. I think that was a typo on our part. Everything else in the article is an accurate summary of the complaint filed in court, which includes a copy of the… more ›