25-year-old man dies in fire on Milwaukee’s south side
Teen convicted of killing ex-girlfriend in Kenosha County
A jury in Kenosha County has convicted a teen accused of killing his former girlfriend when they both were 15 and trying to kill her mother.
Martice Fuller, now 17, was found guilty of first-degree intentional homicide Friday in the May 2019 shooting death of Kaylie Juga and attempted homicide for shooting and injuring her mother, Stephanie Juga.
Prosecutors used testimony to show that a freshman high school romance turned into stalking and controlling behavior by Fuller and resulted in an end to their relationship. Both attended Bradford High School in Kenosha where Fuller was a football player and Juga was a cheerleader.
Because Fuller is charged with homicide, he was automatically charged as an adult despite being 15. Defense attorneys tried unsuccessfully to move his case to juvenile court. Fuller is scheduled to be sentenced May 21.
A 25-year-old Milwaukee man died from a Saturday morning fire in a residence that had no smoke alarms, officials said.
The fire was reported just before 8:30 a.m. at a residence in the 3100 block of South 15th Place near West Oklahoma Avenue, police said. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
Nobody else was inside the residence at the time of the fire and no other injuries were reported, according to Deputy Fire Chief DeWayne Smoots. He said no smoke alarms were found in the house and it took firefighters 40 minutes to gain control of the flames.
Fire officials said three out of four fatal fires in January and February occurred in residences that did not have working smoke alarms.
Anyone in need of a smoke alarm can call the Smoke Alarm Hotline at 414286-8980 to arrange for a Milwaukee firefighter to deliver an alarm free of charge. Installation will be provided by the firefighter if the home is COVID-19 safe.