Columbia County District Attorney Brenda Yaskal speaks during an online press conference Wednesday.
WEBINAR SCREENSHOT
Columbia County District Attorney Brenda Yaskal speaks to Portage High School students during career day Oct. 23, 2019 at the school.
DAILY REGISTER ARCHIVE
Prevention and Response Columbia County members Tom Drury, Paula Enger, center, and OWI Court worker Kristin Schmitt, left, applaud the accomplishments of those who have worked to curb area drug addiction during a February 2020 meeting of PARCC at the Columbia County Law Enforcement Center.
In an appearance alongside Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul and Division of Forensic Science Administrator Nicole Roehm, Columbia County District Attorney Brenda Yaskal made clear that additional toxicologists and newer equipment at the state crime lab would benefit the county justice system.
Russell Goldsmith, left, appears Oct. 4 in Columbia County Circuit Court alongside defense attorney Timothy Robert Verhoff.
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Michael J. Thompson in court
Michael Thompson, left, appears Oct. 4 in Columbia County Circuit Court alongside defense attorney Charles Giesen.
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Mitchell Manthey in court with attorney
Mitchell Manthey, left, appears Thursday in Columbia County Circuit Court with defense attorney Steven Sarbacker.
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Dexter Ewing during jury trial
Defendant Dexter L. Ewing appears in Columbia County Circuit Court during the first day of his homicide trial Wednesday. Prosecutors say Ewing strangled his cellmate to death inside Columbia Correctional Institution on Feb. 12, 2015.
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Brandy Heath takes the stand
Brandy Heath testifies Wednesday in Columbia County Circuit Court during a homicide trial. Heath testified defendant Dexter Ewing seemed "slightly frantic" when he alerted her to his cellmate being unresponsive at Columbia Correctional Institution on Feb. 12, 2015. Heath was working as a guard at the prison at the time of the 2015 incident.
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Benavides holds up sheet of paper
Defense attorney Ronald Benavides holds up a sheet of paper containing defendant Wayne Murphy's handwriting Thursday in Columbia County Circuit Court. Benavides said the legible writing suggests Murphy was not impaired when his semi struck a school bus in May 2018.
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Wayne Murphy shows photo to attorney
Indianapolis truck driver Wayne Murphy, right, shows a picture to defense attorney Ronald Benavides on Wednesday. Murphy, 43, is on trial in Columbia County Circuit Court for allegedly driving a semi while impaired and crashing into a disabled school bus packed with children on Interstate 39/90/94 near Arlington.
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Prevention and Response Columbia County members Tom Drury, Paula Enger, center, and OWI Court worker Kristin Schmitt, left, applaud the accomplishments of those who have worked to curb area drug addiction during a February 2020 meeting of PARCC at the Columbia County Law Enforcement Center.
