Lancaster, Wisconsin man found guilty in beating

[47of74]

A man up in Lancaster, Wisconsin (about an hour's drive from me) was found guilty of beating another man, causing some rather serious injuries. 

After a one-day trial Wednesday in Grant County Circuit Court, jurors found Timothy J. Riley, 38, of rural Lancaster, guilty of substantial battery, disorderly conduct and two counts of felony bail jumping. Riley is one of two men accused of a Sept. 28 assault that left Joseph Koelker, 28, of Cassville, Wis., seriously injured.

Koelker on Wednesday testified that on Sept. 28 he was at Yesterdaze Tavern in Beetown Township when he overheard Riley making crude remarks about Koelker's girlfriend, Kim Kleindl. Koelker pushed Riley down on the bar floor and a brief tussle ensued, but it was quickly broken up by bar patrons.

Koelker said he was knocked down, punched, kicked and hit with the shovel at least four times. He sustained a broken nose, a fractured eye socket and had to get stitches in his forehead and staples in the back of his head.

Riley admitted that he said some things he probably shouldn't have.

Then there was this line in the story that really stood out to me...

After being kicked out of the bar, Riley said he and Kastner were passing the time by throwing beer bottles at each other in the parking lot when Koelker confronted them again.

Is that a thing now in Wisconsin?

 

[CrackerbackJocks]

Is that a thing now in Wisconsin?

 

Yes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1b8W1tFFs3M.

 

[anniebgood]

Did you read that the guy who hit the Amish carriage in Marathon County and was DUI was released on 5000$ signature bond even after he killed the father? Now the son is dead. Wonder if they'll revoke his bail and throw his ass in the jail? Now there's an Amish family with no father and oldest son (age 11) who have a farm to deal with. 

[47of74]

Yes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1b8W1tFFs3M.

 

And there's Pass Me a Beer II

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVsU-vwUpdM