Police: Stalking often leads to violence
Theodore R. Duerst is accused of calling a Janesville woman 15 times, then threatening to go to her house and “put her head on the curb and smash it.”
“Ted had called me and said that he was going to come here and kill me,” the woman later told police. “I asked my sister to stay with me.
“Before she got here, he said that he was going to be here in three minutes, so I woke my kids up and got them in the car and left.”
The woman might have kept herself out of harm’s way by fleeing and calling police because Duerst is suspected of forcing his way into her home moments later, officials said.
Two-thirds of Janesville’s homicides stem from domestic violence, including the fatal shooting in the Fourth Ward neighborhood in April, police said.
“It’s important to trust your instincts and seek safety,” said Tony Gibart of the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. “This was an incident that was avoided.”
For a full story, read Tuesday's Janesville Gazette, read online in the Gazette’s E-Edition or check back at GazetteXtra.com.
May 26, 2009 at 3:41 p.m.
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I don't know about the victim, but I know that two young males came out of the house on the north-east corner of Racine & Lincoln in handcuffs & got into 2 different squads on Sunday night.
May 26, 2009 at 2:02 p.m.
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Just wondering why nothing was in the news all weekend about the gang fights in the forth ward Saturday night and what JPD's plans are for preventing such beatings to go on in broad day light in front of our children in the middle of our streets. Does anyone know if the victim who was beaten down by 10 to 15 people was able to make it to the emergency room.
May 26, 2009 at 10 a.m.
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Go to the E-Edition and read the whole story then, or wait until it comes out later tonight online. What makes the Gazette owe you the complete story? Ever heard of a tickler?
As for Mr. Duerst, he has a record a mile long and needs to be kept out of the general public. I thought it was three strikes, not twelve.
May 26, 2009 at 9:42 a.m.
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Theses half stories are a waste of my time. Either post the whole thing or nothing at all.
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