48-year-old Braeden R. Ward Charged With 1st-degree Intentional Homicide For The Stabbing Death Of Jamie Ward In Greenfield

The murdered 50-year-old woman was last seen alive on May 4, her decomposing body was discover on May 18 by police after conducting a welfare check.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 21. 2022

Updated

Greenfield, Wisconsin - Greenfield police discovered a gruesome murder crime scene on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, when they went to a residence at the 4700 block of W. Maple Leaf Circle. When police entered the home for a welfare check, they found the decomposing body of Jamie Le Ward, 50, with stab wounds in her bedroom. 

Her husband, Braeden R. Ward, 48, was taken into custody for the alleged homicide after a brief standoff with police in Franklin on Wednesday. He was charged with 1st-degree intentional homicide and use of a dangerous weapon. If convicted, Braeden is life in prison without parole. He is being held on a $1,000,000 cash bail at the Milwaukee County jail.

According to police, an out-of-state relative had called police to conduct a welfare check on Jamie because information received by the family member indicated that she might be dead. 

Braeden confessed to police that he stabbed Jamie to death. That he also washed her decaying body daily to prevent the body from smelling during decomposition.

The criminal says that Braeden told police that on May 4, he stabbed Jamie in the neck while she was in the shower stall, she died four minutes later. He then stabbed her in the leg and stomach to help drain the blood. Apparently, Braeden confessed that he assisted Jamie in killing her because she wanted to end years of chronic pain and had asked him on May 3 to end her life.

Braeden had also confessed to Jamie's out-of-state relative living in South Dakota that he had killed Jamie who then called police and told them that her brother-in-law had killed Jamie and wanted police to do a welfare check on her.

In this case, Braeden knowing he would be charged for her murder didn't provide any evidence to police, to indicate Jamie actually wanted to die by her husband's hand.

In Wisconsin, it's illegal to assist anyone that results in death.

Jamie's identity was confirmed through dental records due to the two weeks state of decomposition of her body, according to police.

24-year-old Rhian D. McCradic Charged For The Homicide Of Arthur B. Williams In The Southside Of Milwaukee

McCradic fatally shot Williams over a $20 loan dispute, according to police.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 19, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Thursday, Rhian D. McCradic, 24, who was charged with 1st-degree reckless homicide had his bail set at $100,000 in connection with the May 11th homicide of Arthur B. Williams, 32, at the 2400 block of S. 5th Place in the Southside of Milwaukee.

If convicted, McCradic is facing up to 60 years in prison.

McCradic surrendered to police on May 15 and claims that he and Williams got into a dispute over a $20.00 loan that Williams owed. Williams had gotten into an argument with McCradic's wife and McCradic ended up shooting Williams to death. Williams suffered multiple gunshot wounds. Police recovered 10 spent bullet cartridges at the crime scene.

McCradic told police that after the first gunshot striking Williams, he blacked out and afterwards learned he had emptied the gun at Williams, according to the criminal complaint.

64-year-old Clifton Blackwell Sentenced To 10 years In Prison And 5 years Extended Supervision For The 2019 Chemical Acid Attack Of Muhad Villalaz In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Blackwell sentenced to 15 years in prison for the 2019 battery acid attack of Hispanic man outside a Southside Milwaukee Mexican restaurant.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 18, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Wednesday, Clifton Blackwell, 64, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, with 10 years incarceration and 5 years of extended supervision, according to court records.

Blackwell was convicted by a jury on April 28th for the chemical acid attack of Muhad Villalaz 42, on November 1, 2019 in Milwaukee's Southside. 

Villalaz is originally from Peru and became a U.S. Citizen. According to Villalaz, Blackwell called him an "illegal", including other racial slurs and told him that he should go back to his country.

Blackwell was charged on November 6, 2019 in Milwaukee County with one felony count of 1st-degree reckless injury with a hate crime enhancer including use of a dangerous weapon in connection with the November 1st chemical acid attack of Villalaz. If convicted, Blackwell is facing up to 25 years in prison and up to $100,000 in fines.

Villalaz in November 2019 was hospitalized after he was attacked by Blackwell with the chemical acid during a verbal dispute at the 2600 block of  S. 13th Street in the Southside of Milwaukee, according to the criminal complaint. 

Villalaz had just arrived at the Taqueria La Sierrita restaurant located at S. 13 and W. Cleveland when he encountered Blackwell and got into a verbal dispute over a parking spot near a bus route 19 stop before the suspect threw the chemical acid at Villalaz, after telling him to go back to his country including using other verbal racial slurs and then fled on foot.

Blackwell and Villalaz's verbal dispute including Blackwell dousing Villalaz with the chemical acid was recorded by an outdoor video surveillance camera from the restaurant. Blackwell was taken into custody by police shortly after the incident.

Blackwell is a U.S. military Veteran and served in the U.S. Marines, which his family says suffers from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In 2006, Blackwell was convicted for a felony charge in Rusk County for pointing a weapon at an individual. 

Blackwell is a Trump supporter, according to a woman that operates a local business, which Blackwell used to frequent and is considered a racist just like Trump himself.

Attica Prison Guard Gregory C. Foster II Has Been Suspended Without Pay Pending Termination For Mocking Tops Friendly Market Massacred Black Victims By White Supremacist In Buffalo

Foster II, a White corrections officer at the Attica Correctional Facility in New York has been suspended without pay pending an internal investigation by the State of New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision after posting a social media offensive meme mocking the mass shooting of Black victims in Buffalo's Tops Friendly Market by 18-year-old White supremacist Payton Gendron.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 18, 2022

Buffalo, New York - On Tuesday, the State of New York Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) announced that they have suspended without pay a corrections officer (CO) after a social media offensive meme posted by the alleged CO mocked the deaths of 10 Black victims who were murdered at the Tops Friendly Market in a mass shooting by Payton Gendron, 18, a White supremacist. Gendron surrendered to police and was taken into custody and charged with 1st-degree murder, more charges are pending.

The suspended CO was identified in social media as Gregory C. Foster II, 46, of Orchard Park who works as a corrections officer at the Attica Correctional Facility in the State of New York. 

Foster's post showed a photo of the Tops Friendly Market on his Facebook (FB) account named as Greg Foster and read, "Too soon? These should weed out some FB friends." (He added a smiling emoji), the meme with the photo of the Tops Friendly Market read, "Clean up on aisle 3, no wait 4, also on 7, 9, 11 and 12".

The DOCCS on Twitter posted, "This vile posting does not represent the morals and values of the thousands of staff members in the Department. The individual responsible has been suspended without pay and DOCCS will be seeking termination. The Department has engaged the Civil Rights Task Force, which we are members of, for potential criminal prosecution. The Department has also launched an internal investigation to identify and discipline any staff who may have engaged with the posting."

Apparently, some other alleged corrections officers responded with smiling emojis and thumbs up in Foster's post. The DOCCS also confirmed that they are investigating whether other corrections officers engaged in Foster's posting as well.

Some of those FB smiling emojis in Foster's offensive post were placed by the following individuals identified as, Chris Monin, Sarah Lukowski, Lee Al, Brandon Hughson, Ken Tarbox and Ron Crane. Rodney Burns, who is a Lt. Corrections Officer also engaged in the Foster conversation post as well. Most of these individuals are corrections officers too.

11 of the 13 shooting victims are Black, two are White and four were employees at the Tops Friendly Market, according to police.

The 10 deceased victims were identified as:

• Celestine Chaney, 65, of Buffalo 

• Roberta A. Drury, 32, of Buffalo 

• Andre Mackniel, 53, of Auburn

• Katherine Massey, 72, of Buffalo 

• Margus D. Morrison, 52, of Buffalo 

• Hayward Patterson, 67, of Buffalo 

• Aaron Salter Jr., 55, of Lockport

• Geraldine Chapman Talley, 62, of Buffalo 

• Ruth Whitfield, 86, of Buffalo 

• Pearl Young, 77, of Buffalo 

 

Those injured with non-life-threatening injuries were identified as:

• Christopher Braden, 55

• Zaire Goodman, 20

• Jennifer Warrington, 50

34-year-old Jose de Jesus Juarez-Delgado, An Alleged Construction Repair Scammer Is Now Wanted In Waukesha County For Failure To Appear At A Felony Complaint Court Case

Juarez-Delgado is now being sought by Waukesha County authorities after failing to show up in court for a felony criminal complaint.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 17, 2022

Waukesha, Wisconsin - On Tuesday, the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office confirmed that a felony warrant has been issued for Jose de Jesus Juarez-Delgado, 34, who failed to show up in criminal court on Monday, according to court records.

A $3,000 bail for Juarez-Delgado was forfeited.

The Waukesha County District Attorney's Office filed a one felony count criminal charge on March 11, 2021 against Juarez-Delgado for theft-movable property charges of at least $5K. The suspect who is undocumented and doesn't have valid driver's license (license previously suspended) is currently being sought by Waukesha authorities.

If convicted on the felony count, Juarez-Delgado is facing up to 3 years and six months in prison and up to $10,000 in fines.

Juarez-Delgado also has a one misdemeanor count charge for disorderly conduct in Waukesha County too. His $500 bail was also forfeited on Monday and has an active warrant as well, court records indicate.

In Milwaukee County on March 31, 2022, Juarez-Delgado was charged with one misdemeanor count for violate/harassment restraining order with a domestic abuse enhancer and one misdemeanor count for disorderly conduct with a domestic abuse enhancer. A $2,500 cash bail was set for Juarez-Delgado. He is expected for a Milwaukee County court hearing on June 10th.

If convicted, Juarez-Delgado is facing up to 6 months in jail and up to $1,000 in fines for violating a restraining order, and facing up to 90 days in jail and up to $1,000 in fines for disorderly conduct.

According to the Waukesha County felony criminal complaint, Juarez-Delgado allegedly scammed a local Waukesha resident into signing a driveway repair contract under DBA Construction Solutions, LLC, a company name that was previously dissolved in 2017 and no longer existed in the state. The victim paid Juarez Delgado at least $4K to do the repairs, which the suspect never did.

White Supremacist 18-year-old Payton Gendron Charged With 10 Homicides And Injuring 3 At Tops Friendly Market In Buffalo, NY

Gendron, a known supremacist and an alleged Trump supporter had previously threaten to shoot up a school when he was 17.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 16, 2022

Buffalo, New York - 18-year-old Payton Gendron of Conklin was charged with 10 counts of homicide in connection with the mass shooting at Tops Friendly Market located in the 1200 block of Jefferson Street in Buffalo, a predominantly Black neighborhood on Saturday. He surrendered to police while holding a carbine rifle (Bushmaster XM-15) to his neck and was taken into custody after killing 10 victims of color in cold blood including a Tops Friendly Market security guard, Aaron Salter Jr., 55, (retired Buffalo police officer) who returned fire before entering the supermarket, but struck Gendron's body armor vest to no avail to stop him. Gendron then executed Salter Jr..

11 of the 13 shooting victims are Black, two are White and four were employees at the Tops Friendly Market, according to police.

The 10 deceased victims were identified as:

• Celestine Chaney, 65, of Buffalo 

• Roberta A. Drury, 32, of Buffalo 

• Andre Mackniel, 53, of Auburn

• Katherine Massey, 72, of Buffalo 

• Margus D. Morrison, 52, of Buffalo 

• Hayward Patterson, 67, of Buffalo 

• Aaron Salter Jr., 55, of Lockport

• Geraldine Chapman Talley, 62, of Buffalo 

• Ruth Whitfield, 86, of Buffalo 

• Pearl Young, 77, of Buffalo 

 

Those injured with non-life-threatening injuries were identified as:

• Christopher Braden, 55

• Zaire Goodman, 20

• Jennifer Warrington, 50

In 2021, Gendron was committed for psychiatric evaluation after he threaten to shoot up the Susquehanna Valley Central High School in Broome County, New York during graduation, according to court records.

He was taken into custody by NY State police for mental evaluation and was released after several days of treatment under the State's mental health law.

Gendron was considered to have mental issues and continued to be concern for authorities.

State authorities say that Gendron committed the homicides due to hate and being radicalized by online White supremacy propaganda, according to the investigation.

Gendron remains in jail without bail and federal charges are expected as well.

If convicted, Gendron is facing 10 consecutive life sentences in prison without the possibility of parole for each homicide count. He is also facing up to 25 years in prison for each count of attempted murder.

Milwaukee Black And Brown Patrons Profiled And Refused Dine-in Service At First To Celebrate Birthday, But Were Eventually Allowed To Dine At The Riverfront Pizzaria Bar & Grill

Black and Brown patrons alleged that the manager who happens to be Hispanic himself at the Riverfront Pizzaria Bar & Grill in Milwaukee at first had refused them to dine-in.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

May 15, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Both Jarod Little, who is Black and Yussef Morales, who is of Puerto Rican descent posted on social media that on Saturday, May 14, 2022, they went to the Riverfront Pizzaria Bar & Grill with a party of about 15 people (3 females and the rest males) to celebrate Little's 37th Birthday, but the manager at the restaurant who happens to be Latino, at first refused to accommodate the group and told them that the restaurant was expecting other groups soon, which none arrived within the 45 minutes of waiting. Little noticed that a group of about 20 White people were just living the restaurant when he arrived and most of the place was empty. One of the restaurant staff members began to prepare tables for Little's party group, but the manager came over and stopped the restaurant worker from finishing grouping the tables together.

Little's party group was later seated to dine-in and still no one else was coming in to the restaurant. Two other invitees of Little's group arrived two hours later and the group didn't notice anyone else entering the restaurant since 7:00p.m. 

One thing for sure, Little and his group noticed that they were experiencing slow restaurant staff and food service while they were there. Little told Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) when contacted that the group intended to spent more then $1,000 at the restaurant for drinks and food on his birthday celebration, but the slow service and the manager's attitude towards them only resulted with at least $500 being spent by Little's birthday group. 

Little frequents the restaurant for lunch in many occasions, since he works close to it and several weeks ago he asked the owner of the restaurant, if it could accommodate Little's birthday group and the owner Arturo Napolos told him yes. But after the latest experience with the restaurant manager,  Little won't be going back soon  nor would he recommend the restaurant to anyone, in other words, the Riverfront Pizzaria Bar & Grill, 509 E. Erie Street gets a bad review with no stars.

Morales posted in his comment thread, "...it was bad. We got there and it was my guys bday and they looked at us, had some new guy say it was a 2 hour wait. After we argued they sat us down, no one came in for 30 min, they ask for drinks, they did not serve us a thing until we sat for an hour and I asked what was up. All servers just standing around serving everyone else. It was just a weird sucky feeling. We sat patiently and still got treated last. It was just a bad experience."

Both Little's and Morales' Facebook posts have been included in the article.