Man is suspect in father’s beating
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Jacob D. Newer
BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — A Bloomfield man is in critical condition at St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee being treated for life-threatening injuries that police believe were inflicted by his son.
Jacob D. Newer, 26, is suspected of beating his father, David J. Newer, 57, at the Inn-B-Tween motel, N1691 County H, between Pell Lake and Lake Geneva, said Capt. Dana Nigbor of the Walworth County Sheriff’s Department detective bureau.
Jacob Newer was arrested early Wednesday morning on suspicion of disorderly conduct. He was scheduled for a bail hearing today and faces a possible charge of felony battery, Nigbor said.
If David Newer dies, the charges could be greater, she said.
Police believe David Newer suffered the injuries about 3 a.m. Tuesday. A family member found him, and he was not taken to the hospital until after 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nigbor said.
Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn called police to report the incident about 9 p.m., Nigbor said. David Newer was flown to St. Luke’s, where he was in critical condition this morning.
Police believe David Newer had been at the motel visiting his brother, Frank Newer, who was living there. Both David and Jacob were believed to live north of the motel in a mobile home at Pioneer Estates mobile home park at Highway 120 and County H. Jacob Newer also had a listed address of 5901 Milwaukee St., Richmond, Ill., according to jail records.
Detectives are unsure of the reasons for the scuffle. It does not appear that weapons were used, Nigbor said.
Frank Newer is a witness and is not suspected of wrongdoing, Nigbor said.
“Through investigation, (Jacob) admits he was involved in a ‘minor’ altercation. That’s his words,” Nigbor said. “We’re still investigating this. We’re still interviewing a lot of other people.”
All nine sheriff’s detectives are working on the case because of the seriousness of the injuries, Nigbor said. David Newer suffered extensive head injuries. She could not release more information about his condition.
Jacob Newer was scratched and bruised but was not hospitalized, Nigbor said.
“We have a lot of work ahead of us to do,” Nigbor said. “This is in no way clear cut ... We have a lot of work ahead of us still.”
Jacob Newer has a handful of misdemeanor convictions, mostly in Kenosha County, according to online court records. He has been convicted of disorderly conduct, trespassing, theft, drunken driving and several counts of bail jumping. Most of his stints in jail have been a few months or less, usually with Huber privileges. However, he spent a year in jail starting in 2005 after his probation was revoked.
Feb 29, 2008 at 1:19 p.m.
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There's definitely nothing wrong with how the Gazette reported the story. Media outlets do it every day. When someone is charged with a crime or arrested, that becomes a public record. It's not always fair, I'll give you that, but that's the way the system is set up.
My beef with this story is that the reporter somehow is trying to connect this case with the case of Swope, who murdered his parents. I don't think anybody involved in this case is claiming this kid planned to kill his dad. He's not going to be charged with murder like Swope was. The DA even says so in the story. To try to attach the two as being somewhat similar is goofy by the reporter and the newspaper. How do we know this wasn't an argument or a fight gone horribly wrong? How do we know the dad didn't attack the son? All those facts have yet to come out.
Feb 28, 2008 at 3:20 p.m.
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Sorry ...Turkeyman
you must have been posting while I was typing...pretty much the same argument
Feb 28, 2008 at 3:17 p.m.
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tnimmo.....I would be the wrong one to defend the media...especially the press...However they clearly are protected by State/Federal law ,oh,... and that Constitution thing. All of their reporting is based on sources and use statements like "Police believe""Suspected""On suspicion""Possible charges""Charges could be greater""Were believed""Unsure of the reason"and "According to jail records". So with good editing they're safe and you will have to take your lawsuit and get-rich somewhere else.
Feb 28, 2008 at 2:58 p.m.
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tnimmo
I believe "innocent until proven guilty" and "Suspected, belived, alledged etc etc" is saying pretty much the same thing---he has not been convicted yet. As for his name & picture he was arrested thus making them public record.
Feb 28, 2008 at 2:18 p.m.
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This artical actuly irkes the heck out of me. The gazzette really needs to watch this or there will be a day when someone sue's the heck out of them (for what reasons specifically, not being an attorney, i am not certain but today in america you can sue for anything so im sure theres something). Lets review this artical, Suspected, belived, alledged etc etc. So they arrest this man because they think he committed this crime, adn the gazzette publishes and artical with the guys name age AND picture. Perhaps the gazzette should hire a legal consultant if for anything toinform them of the statement "innocent until proven guilty". Im sure this man now is going to have an agry mob of annyoing janseville citizens yapping at him.
Please understand that the crime the man is allege to have commited is irrelevnt in my comment, rather the fact taht gazzette takes such forward action on procecuting him so early. Briefe mentioning of the inccodent such as "a man severaly beaten the other night, son suspected, details pendign" or somethign of the nature would of been plenty.
Feb 28, 2008 at 10:12 a.m.
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I hate to admit this but I do know both of these people. Yes they are both alcoholics, who have been in and out of jail for most of their lives. I believe that this is what's wrong with our court system today. These two I believe are a danger to our society. They can be in jail for up to three years and get released, and it's not even hours after being released from jail, and they are drinking and driving and doing the same things they were doing to be put into jail in the first place. People like this don't get reformed while in jail, so why is the court system constantly releasing them back into society? It isn't until an innocent family or by stander gets hurt that the courts crack down on people like this! We all knew it was only going to be a matter of time before they ended up hurting somebody, but we never would have thought it would have been his own father. I am just so relieved that it was not a family with kids. Someone commented on the up bringing of Jacob. I honestly believe that we all have a choice in the way we turn out as adults. Do you take the road of crime and drugs and alcohol, or the road of prosperity, honesty, and loyalty? You can chose to be like your parents or you can chose not to, again it's YOUR CHOICE! Once you choose, you cannot blame anyone else or society for your screw ups! Jacob is going to have to take responsiblity for this, and I can only hope that the courts don't go easy on him, and that justice will be served so no one else gets hurt.
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