Appleton Criminal Lawyer

Sentencing of juveniles has been a confusing arena in criminal law for several years. There has been legislation that said that 17 year olds could be charged as adults and that even 10 to 16 year olds could automatically be tried as adults in certain cases.

Now, with so many juvenile cases going so many different ways, people are wondering how to handle juveniles in the Wisconsin criminal arena. Unfortunately, there are so many factors that go into who should and shouldn’t be tried as an adult, that the decision is very difficult.

Criminal charges are hard for anyone. If you or someone you know is facing criminal charges, juvenile or not, contact the Appleton criminal defense attorneys of Kohler & Hart, LLP at 888-565-7597.

An Appleton woman is charged with stealing a company credit card to pay for a California vacation and several extravagant pet cages. She allegedly embezzled over $30,000 from the company for which she worked as a book keeper.

Among the charges on the card were a flight to Fresno, CA in the amount of $3,777 and two pet cages totaling $7,896. She was apparantly fired from the company before the embezzlment allegations came up. The woman is scheduled for proceedings later this month.

Criminal charges like these can carry severe penalties. If you or someone you know is facing criminal charges, contact the Appleton criminal defense attorneys of Kohler & Hart, LLP at 888-565-7597.

The number of armed robberies surrounding prescription drugs in the Fox Valley have surged. This is in part because prescription drug values are on the rise. It is also difficult to track prescription drugs being illegally distributed.

2007 was an especially hard year as is saw an 1800% increase in prescription drug seizures from 2003. That year also saw a record number of armed robberies, several of them involving prescription drugs and pharmacies. Police in the area are showing some concern over this new trend.

Armed robbery and drug trafficking are very serious crimes with very serious consequences. If you or someone you know is facing criminal charges, contact the Appleton criminal defense attorneys of Kohler & Hart, LLP at 888-565-7597.

Power management chip-makers International Rectifier Corp (IR) and former CEO of the company, Alex Lidow, are awaiting trial.

Alex Lidow, son of Eric Lidow, was the CEO of IR from 1995 until 2007, yet began working for his father, Eric Lidow, who started the company in 1947, in 1977.

Unfortunately, after a shaky audit that found Lidow to be responsible for irregular product sales in their Japanese firm’s subsidiary, analysis claims Lidow cost the company around $117 million in damages.  According to the case files, Lidow has been engaging in ongoing criminal enterprise.

He recruited 6 IR employees to the idea of a start up of a new firm, Efficient Power Conservation Corp (EPCC), of which IR’s trade secret, silicon-technology-platform, would be incorporated in EPCC and used to rival IR.

Lidow denies allegations of copying the silicon-trade-secret, and claims EPCC would be developing a different   semi-conductor for its clients.

If you have been accused of racketeering, or using a company’s trade secrets to your advantage, contact your Appleton trade secret’s lawyer at 888-565-7597 to discuss your options.

A Kaukauna man has been arrested for sexually assaulting a 7 year old girl. The man’s bail is set at $100,000. He was charged with one count of repeated sexual assault of a child.

The man confessed to at least 15 incidents, and the girl claimed that there were around 20. This is not the first time as the man molested another young girl in the late 1980s.

Sexual assault is a terrible crime with terrible consequences. This is even more true when minors are involved. If you or someone you know is facing criminal charges, contact the Appleton criminal defense lawyers of Kohler & Hart, LLP at 888-565-7597.