Stephen Williams returns to Free Don Miller Radio on Wednesdays!

Our own Stephen Williams, veteran broadcaster, Orion Talk Radio's "NewsStalker" co-host and citizen activist & investigative journalist will be returning to BlogTalkRadio on the Underground Hard Drive Radio Network to broadcast the Free Don Miller Show every Wednesday night at 8pm CST.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/undergroundharddrive

Please phone in and join in the conversation about the wrongful conviction of Don Miller and corruption in Iron County, Wisconsin!

Also, don't forget to listen in Thursdays to the "Free Don Miller & Recall Judge Madden Show" on Contending4Truth Radio on BlogTalk from 7pm to 9pm CST with hosts Tammy Silver & Scott Osborn.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/contending4truth

Visit the Multimedia page to listen to all archived shows!

Meanwhile, in Michigan: Public Records, Manipulating Local Justice & the Bulinski Fiasco in Gogebic County..

The following pdf document is the results of an Open Records Request in Michigan that documents the alleged victims police and court history in Michigan. It includes Personal Protection Orders, her arrest record and other documentation.

The publication of these documents is merely for documentation purposes and to make the record of issues relating to Don's case as transparent as possible. All records would be perfectly available to any member of the public if they wished to request them. Thank you to Stephen Williams for obtaining these documents.

Click below:
DOWNLOAD MICHIGAN OPEN RECORDS DOCUMENTS


(Click articles and documents below to enlarge them for easier reading)

In interviews with former friends of Connie Vargovich, the fiasco in 2000 in Gogebic County concerning former Bessemer Councilman and Gogebic County Probation Officer Peter Bulinski arose. Some former friends claim, they heard from Connie that she was in a bit of trouble over bounced checks in Gogebic County and while on probation there she began a sexual relationship with her probation officer with a view to get him fired.

Earlier this year, a confirmation came on that story, someone close to Mr. Bulinski, has confirmed to us that the woman involved in the scandal was indeed Connie Vargovich. Mr. Bulinski is now deceased. We are currently attempting to obtain more records related to this story.

Connie has a documented history of manipulating the justice system to exact revenge on people. No where is this more apparent than the case of Don Miller. However, as we have reported previously on the blog, she has a string of Personal Protection Orders (PPO's) and harassment injunctions against many people. Some with an eery resemblance to the accusations she made against Don which saw Don convicted by a jury of multiple crimes and sent to prison for 42 years.

Note the allegations against these two different men made only months before she accused Don Miller of the crimes he was sent to prison for.

April 18th, 1997 - PPO against Ken Grenfell

June 26th, 1997 - PPO against Kim Aijala

The full PPO documents can be viewed here. 

Not only was it implied by some of Connie's former friends that she intentionally was using sex to manipulate the justice system in Gogebic County and exact revenge on her probation officer in Bessemer, some of the details of the affair published by the Ironwood Daily Globe at the time are very curious indeed!

April 22, 2000

Mr. Bulinski had immediately resigned from all positions without official explanation. Note that Gogebic County District Court Judge Anders Tingstad states that the State Court Administrator's office issued a gagging order on the matter; preventing him from commenting at all on the matter. Then, a bit more information comes out about the scandal...

The Great Radio Shake-up!

Bob Green and Stephen Williams of the Underground Hard Drive have been doing the FREE DON MILLER show on BlogTalkRadio for the past 2 years. They also host other shows on BlogTalk. One of those was "NewsStalker" which addresses issues the mainstream media ignore and misrepresent. After only a few weeks of hosting this show with fellow co-host Erich Headrick they were contacted by the program director for "The Orion Talk Radio Network".

"NewsStalker" will now be broadcast 5 days a week, Monday - Friday on the Orion Talk Radio Network from 9-11pm CST.

They will be bringing the case of Don Miller with them and with it all of Iron County's dirty laundry (pun intended) and they will be widening the ambit of the show to cover other wrongful convictions and judicial corruption. With 1.2 million listeners a month on the network the guys will be in a position to bring Don's case and others like his to a much bigger audience.

Congratulations Bob Green, Stephen Williams and Erich Headrick!

Listen to ORION TALK RADIO network by going to their website here...

http://www.oriontalkradio.com

Or download Internet Radio Apps on your smartphone to listen. Try TuneIn App.

In other BIG news, I'm excited to announce the long running "Free Don Miller Show" on BlogTalkRadio will continue! The 80th Free Don Miller show and all those in the near future will be hosted by long time "Free Don Miller Radio" co-host Scott Osborn who hails from sunny California and the new host completing the duo will be Tammy Silver from snowy Northern Wisconsin, a long time vocal supporter of Don's and Iron County corruption activist!

The BlogTalkRadio Free Don Miller Radio Show will be found on a different network now and will start at 7pm CST every Thursday evening! Click "Multimedia" over in your right hand column to listen live or to all the archived shows!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/contending4truthradio

The Good, the Bad and the Better!

BAD NEWS:
This Thursday will be the last Free Don Miller Show on Blog Talk Radio.

GOOD NEWS:
The Underground Hard Drive's NewsStalker Show has been picked up
by the Orion Radio Network out of Buffalo, New York and they will be broadcasting 5 nights a week. They will incorporate Don's case into their Thursday night shows on the broader topic of wrongful convictions, judicial misconduct and other related issues te mainstream media turns a blind eye too.

GREAT NEWS:
The Orion Radio Network reaches 1.2 million listeners a month.

How's that for "Internet Activity" ?

Stay close for more details on the upcoming changes.

Bob and Stephen will continue to do podcasts on Don's case and will begin to broadcast a Free Don Miller Show on Ustream soon!

Judge Madden: "Brilliant" Judge or totally unfit for office?

In the Don Miller, Susan Aguado, and many other cases, Judge Patrick J. Madden has demonstrated his total incompetence, absolute lack of ethics, utter disregard for the judiciary and rights of defendants, a total disregard for the lives of our citizens and families, and he has acted to obstruct justice. He has conspired to deprive rights, aided and abetted crime, ruled perversely in cases where he had a personal interest or grudge against a person appearing in a case, and has offered illegal judicial favors in exchange for sex. This clearly is felony misconduct in public office, and he deserves time in prison.

Madden's intentional ongoing mishandling of the Don Miller and Susan Aguado cases has created a hornet's nest of public discontent, and the public is very angry with the total sham, gross injustice and culture of corruption perpetrated upon them by Judge Madden.

Judge Madden has also lied through his teeth in the face of the overwhelming evidence against him and sees nothing wrong with lying when confronted with his misconduct. Judge Madden has clearly demonstrated an absolute unfitness for the public office of circuit court judge, who is supposed to be a community's moral leader, yet Madden is anything but moral. He has abused his power not only in the Don Miller and Susan Aguado cases, but in many others as well - just a few of which are listed below.

Judge Patrick Madden has repeatedly exceeded his authority in order to cause harm to people he doesn't like, or as a favor to his personal friends and lovers who appear in the cases before him. He has also repeatedly and very clearly demonstrated hi utter disregard for our constitutional right, the law, statutes, and higher court rulings. He has destroyed human lies and families without any proper factual or legal basis for his actions and he once imposed a life sentence on a man where such a sentence was not permitted under the law.

Judge Madden has also sentenced men guilty of sexual assault to only 90-days in jail and when a local 15-year old girl was sexually assauted by a 22-year old man who also happens to be a relative of the current District Attorney, Martin J. Lipske, Madden gave him only 90-days in jail, 90-days of probation after that and then expunged (erased) his conviction after he had completed probation. And if that wasn't enouh of an insult to the teenage victim and her family, Judge Patrick Madden justified his actions by saying: "Because he wore a condom, it was not rape." This judge must be removed from office!

The ongoing intentional perversion of justic in the Don Miller and Susan Aguado cases continues to cause Don and Susan and their loved ones untold misery and heartaches. The details and facts of their cases is all over the internet and we encourage you to learn about these two cases here on the website.

Madden's incompetence and intentional misdeeds has destroyed lives and families, which includes the recent suicide of on Miller's son, Kirk Selves, who couldn't take the injustice perpetrated upon his father anymore. He committed suicide to get your attention to what Madden is doing to his dad, Don Miller. Please, do not ignore Kirk's final plea.

The cases below represent just a sampling of Judge Patrick Madden's mishandled cases which were overturned by higher courts due to his gross mishandling of the cases. These cases and may others ike them, represent a huge waste of millions of dollars in taxpayer money due to costs of appeals and additional and unnecessary court proceedings to correct Madden's blunders and huge costs to litigants suffering perverted rulings who must continue paying attorney fees for appeals and then starting all over after Madden's decisions and orders are finally overturned by higher courts. Here are a few such cases:

• In two of the Jennifer B. cases, (337 Wis. 2d 558, and 337 Wis. 2d 429) Judge Patrick Madden had in both cases wrongly terminated Jennifer's parental rights to her own children, one of them an infant. The appellate court overturned Madden's decisions and orders in both cases because Madden had arrogantly and incompetently refused to obey statutory mandates and rules, wrongly altered critical jury instructions, and denied Jennifer's right to a jury trial on a contested issue. The appeals court had also noted that Judge Madden had completely "muddled" the record.

• In the case of Miheve v. Miheve (330 Wis. 2d 497) Judge Patrick Maddens decisions and orders were overturned because Madden had arrogantly and incompetently refused to obey well established rules of due process and failed to rovide a proper hearing to the litigant. An obviously upset appellate court overturned Madden's decisions and ordered Madden to conduct a proper hearing. Madden's violations were so flagrant and contrary to established procedure and due process that the appellate court stated in it decision that, "this is not the sort of issue that an appellate court should have to address."

• In the case of Anderson v. Dieman (324 Wis. 2d 307) the appeals court had to overturn Judge Patrick Madden's rulings and decisions because Madden had misapplied the law to the facts of the case.

• In the case of State v. Thomas Martwick (322 Wis. 2d 735) the appeals court had to overturn Judge Madden's rulings and decisions because Madden had misapplied the law to the facts of the case.

• In the case of Trailwood Ventures (315 Wis. 2d 791) the appeals court had to overturn Judge Madden's rulings and decisions because Madden had once again exceeded his authority.

• In the case of Malek v. Van Prooyen (314 Wis. 2d 509) the appeals cort overturned Judge Madden's decision and orders becase Madden refused to follow proper procedure, refused to allow the defendant to litigate his issues, refused to hold a hearing and failed to make a proper record. The appeals court sent the case back to Madden and directed him to conduct the required hearing and to make a proper record. Madden then held the hearing but again ruled against the defendant, wh had to appeal again. And once again the appeals court overturned Madden's decision and orders and once again directed him to properly address the defendant's issues and once again, to make a proper record.

• In the case of Myers v. Myers (241 Wis. 2d 573) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had applied the wrong legal standard of law, "deviated" from applicable guidelines, and abused his discretion.

• In the case of Haas v. Estate of Berube (238 Wis. 2d 839) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had abused his discretion by denying a new trial after again misapplying the law.

• In the case of State v. Thoms (228 Wis. 2d 868) the appeals court overturned Judge Patrick Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had misapplied the law and rules of evidece and these errors contributed to the conviction. Moreover, Madden lacked the authority to impose a life sentence on the defendant, so the sentence was invalidated.

• In the case of State v. Lord (220 Wis. 2d 718) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden misappied the law and also improperly excluded evidence in gross violation of the defendant's right to present a defense.

• In the case of James Sweo Children's Trust (300 Wis. 2d 581) the appeals court overturned Judge Patrick Madden's decisions and orders because Madden improperly considered information from outside the pleadings to reach his decision and improperly converted the pleadings without giving the Trust an opportunity to object or respond.

• In the case of Skomarske v. Skomarske (277 Wis. 2d 582) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had no basis in fact or law for his decisions in the case.

• In the case of State v. Troyer (269 Wis. 2d 891) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had made improper findings of fact and law.

• In the case of Associated Bank v. Pufall (257 Wis. 2d 622) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders becuase there was no factual basis to support Maddens findings which were also wholly unsupported by the recor and were "clearly erroneous".

• In the case of State v. Paulson (242 Wis. 2d 473) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had insufficient proof or other evidence with which to support his decision and order.

• In the case of State v. Nichelson (220 Wis. 2d 214) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had failed to follow proper and well established procedures.

• In the case of State v. Nordall (207 Wis. 2d 646) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had applied the wrong standards of law during a hearing.

• In the case of Fenn Galleries v. Stasiak (No. 92-2940) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had misapplied the law and abused his discretion in the case.

• In the case of State v. Lehman (No. 92-2283) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had improperly allowed inadmissible evidence to be admitted, in direct violation of the defendant's consitutional rights.

• In the case of In Interest of S.E.S. (168 Wis. 2d 360) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had relied upon inapplicable legal principles and had once again exceeded his legal authority in the case.

• In the case of State v. Vetterneck (156 Wis. 2d 826) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had misapplied the law and facts when he sentenced the defendant.

• In the case of State v. Novitt (155 Wis. 2d 468) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had improperly applied law in his disposition of the case.

• In the case of Thorsen v. Thorsen (155 Wis. 2d 466) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had failed to explain the basis for his decision, abused his discretion, ignored statutory directives and binding higher court precedent and also failed to make proper and adequate findings of fact in the case.

• In the case of Kidd v. Buss (152 Wis. 2d 774) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had failed to follow the statutory rules and also did not adequately or properly conduct the required proceedings in the case.

• In the case of Ames v. Young (152 Wis. 2d 775) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden's findings were fully unsupported by the record and there were insufficient facts to support his order in the case.

• In the case of Melvin Klinger (149 Wis. 2d 838) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had exceeded his statutory authority in the case, applied the wrong legal standards to the issues in the case and Madden also wrongly failed to make a proper record of the case. The Wisconsin Supreme Court also later agreed with the appeals court, finding that Madden had fully bungled the case.

• In the case of Knapstein v. Knapstein (149 Wis. 2d 765) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had ignored the proper legal standards that were applicable to the case.

• In the case of Klinger v. County (146 Wis. 2d 158) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had exceeded his authority and ignored the law and applicable statutes.

• In the case of Jensen v. American Family Insurance Co. (146 Wis. 2d 866) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders because Madden had violated statutes and binding court precedent.

• In the case of Bill v. Thiessen (142 Wis. 2d 937) the appeals court overturned Judge Madden's decisions and orders due to Madden's "miscalculations".

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In addition to the above sampling of bungled cases, there is also Judge Madden's perverse personal lifestyle which includes him being a longtime self-professed alcoholic, drunk driver, his frequenting of strip clubs, his interest in strippers and prostitutes and he has also been removed from a public place by local police for indecency. Clearly, this is not a man you would want for a neighbor, much less as a judge you must rely on to properly protect your rights, ensure due process of law, or to decide your case or your future. Hell no.

Without any doubt and before any more lives are destroyed or additonal millions of dollars are wasted, we must have this rogue judge Patrick J. Madden removed from public office of circuit court judge as soon as possible and he must be held responsible for his criminal activities.

Patrick J. Madden has already inflicted more than enough unwarranted suffering and misery on our citizens, our families, our friends and our neighbors.

Enough is enough already!

Open Records Request: Judge Madden Rollover accident

DOWNLOAD full 7 page accident report and police log.

His September 4, 2012 accident was reported in the Ironwood Daily Globe on September 18th. This is the report.

VIDEO: Susan Aguado - Post-Conviction Motion Hearing

Background of Susan Aguado's case.
Susan was sent to prison unlawfully for 3 years after a series of utterly jawdropping blunders by the Iron County justice system.

In 2004, in case #1, Susan was arrested for felony bailjumping. The case she was still on bail for was dismissed although an issue of restitution pertaining to this case was left lingering for several years as Iron County DA Marty Lipske delayed and then further delayed her hearing on this issue keeping Susan stuck subject to the bail conditions during this time. She pleaded no contest in a plea deal to this charge. In August of 2006, case #1 was DISMISSED with prejudice by Judge Madden.

In case #2, Susan was again charged in 2006 with felony bailjumping. To which again, she plead no contest to in a plea bargain. However, in this case, there was no preliminary examination, no waiver of a prelim, no arraignment, no information filed by DA Lipske and no finding of probable cause. Meaning, any judgment of conviction on this case would be void as the statutory procedures which safeguard Susans rights of due process were not followed.

In case #3, Susan was again charged with felony bailjumping in 2006. This case was also DISMISSED with prejudice by Judge Madden on August 28th, 2006.In both cases #1 and #3, the charges were DISMISSED on August 28th, 2006. Yet, on November 20th, 2006, some four months after they were dismissed, Judgements of Conviction were issued in both cases regardless of their earlier dismissal!

On March 27th, 2007, Susan was sentenced on all three of the above cases. 2 of which were dismissed and 1 which was a null judgement because of failure to follow proper procedure. She was given 5 years probation and an imposed and stayed sentence of 3 years confinement plus 3 years extended supervision on all three cases to run concurrently.

Irregardless of whether the judgement was void in case #2, as the other cases were dismissed only one felony charge remained which means the maximum amount of probation allowed to be handed out is 3 years. So, her probation had expired before she was found to be in violation of it by the DOC which was the basis of their execution of the 3 years of confinement.

In June of 2010, Susan was charged with obstructing an officer which she was later convicted of and sentenced to 9 months jail time on October 27th, 2010, to run concurrently with the sentence imposed in the above 3 cases.

After this conviction, the Department of Corrections found Susan to be in violation of her probation from cases #1, 2 and 3 and executed the 2007 sentence of 3 years confinement and 3 years of extended supervision. She was sent to Taycheedah Correctional Facility to serve her sentence.

Not District Attorney Lipske, nor Judge Madden, nor the DOC, nor her former defense attorney noticed this series of blunders! Susan only discovered the dismissal orders on her cases after being released early from Taycheedah after the discovery of another error which resulted in a sentence modification and early release.

However, she is still serving the remainder of her 3 years of extended supervision. Susan and her attorney, Sam Filippo are moving to vacate the convictions and sentence. Her next hearing on this is to take place on December 20th, 2012 in Iron County.

We are confident her convictions and sentences will be vacated so Susan can begin to put her life back together after getting sent to prison unlawfully.

GUEST: Sam Filippo on Free Don Miller Radio

In this 2 hour episode of the 62nd Free Don Miller Radio show, special guest, Sam Filippo joins Bob Green and Stephen Williams for an hour and half interview.

LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE

Sam Filippo is a local defense attorney and is also the Iron County Court Commissioner. He explains some legal procedure and discusses aspects of the Don Miller case and a current case pending in Iron County, Wisconsin of Susan Aguado.

Issues discussed include:

Several aspects of criminal court procedure.

Don's latest motion hearing.

Questionable issues and errors of Don's trial including the testimony of Dr. Lanny Robins and Haseltine violations, the jury instructions and the disappearing
DNA rape kit.

The case of Susan Aguado.

Susan was sent to prison unlawfully for 3 years after a series of utterly jawdropping blunders by the Iron County justice system.

In 2004, in case #1, Susan was arrested for felony bailjumping. The case she was still on bail for was dismissed although an issue of restitution pertaining to this case was left lingering for several years as Iron County DA Marty Lipske delayed and then further delayed her hearing on this issue keeping Susan stuck subject to the bail conditions during this time. She pleaded no contest in a plea deal to this charge. In August of 2006, case #1 was DISMISSED with prejudice by Judge Madden.

In case #2, Susan was again charged in 2006 with felony bailjumping. To which again, she plead no contest to in a plea bargain. However, in this case, there was no preliminary examination, no waiver of a prelim, no arraignment, no information filed by DA Lipske and no finding of probable cause. Meaning, any judgment of conviction on this case would be void as the statutory procedures which safeguard Susans rights of due process were not followed.

In case #3, Susan was again charged with felony bailjumping in 2006. This case was also DISMISSED with prejudice by Judge Madden on August 28th, 2006.In both cases #1 and #3, the charges were DISMISSED on August 28th, 2006. Yet, on November 20th, 2006, some four months after they were dismissed, Judgements of Conviction were issued in both cases regardless of their earlier dismissal!

On March 27th, 2007, Susan was sentenced on all three of the above cases. 2 of which were dismissed and 1 which was a null judgement because of failure to follow proper procedure. She was given 5 years probation and an imposed and stayed sentence of 3 years confinement plus 3 years extended supervision on all three cases to run concurrently.

Irregardless of whether the judgement was void in case #2, as the other cases were dismissed only one felony charge remained which means the maximum amount of probation allowed to be handed out is 3 years. So, her probation had expired before she was found to be in violation of it by the DOC which was the basis of their execution of the 3 years of confinement.

In June of 2010, Susan was charged with obstructing an officer which she was later convicted of and sentenced to 9 months jail time on October 27th, 2010, to run concurrently with the sentence imposed in the above 3 cases.

After this conviction, the Department of Corrections found Susan to be in violation of her probation from cases #1, 2 and 3 and executed the 2007 sentence of 3 years confinement and 3 years of extended supervision. She was sent to Taycheedah Correctional Facility to serve her sentence.

Not District Attorney Lipske, nor Judge Madden, nor the DOC, nor her former defense attorney noticed this series of blunders! Susan only discovered the dismissal orders on her cases after being released early from Taycheedah after the discovery of another error which resulted in a sentence modification and early release.

However, she is still serving the remainder of her 3 years of extended supervision. Susan and her attorney, Sam Filippo are moving to vacate the convictions and sentence. Her next hearing on this is to take place on December 20th, 2012 in Iron County.

We are confident her convictions and sentences will be vacated so Susan can begin to put her life back together after getting sent to prison entirely unlawfully.

Lipske returns as DA as election result overturned in Iron County recount.

Stella still winner by 4 votes after vote canvass in Iron County.

The Iron County DA election results are IN !!!!!

Today, they conducted a vote canvass in Iron County where Tony Stella was leading in the election bid over incumbent Martin Lipske by 3 votes in a neck and neck race. 11 absentee ballots were being waited on till Friday and the canvass has been completed......


TONY STELLA WINS !!!

Stella: 1626
Lipske: 1622

The Fat Lady hasn't sung just yet in Iron County DA race.

With Tony Stella ahead by just 3 votes after the ballot count on Tuesday night, it's a nailbiter in the Iron County District Attorney race as we wait for the results of the vote canvass which will take place at noon on Monday on November, 12th, 2012 when the County will count in any remaining valid absentee votes they receive in the meantime. Watch this space!

TONY STELLA wins Iron County District Attorney election.

TONY STELLA: 1625

MARTIN LIPSKE: 1622

There will be a canvass of the votes on Monday, November 12th, 2012 and being such a narrow margin we hope it stays in favor of Tony Stella.

Some things to consider before you cast your vote for Iron County District Attorney.

Did you know?

Iron County, Wisconsin has the HIGHEST criminal case dismissal rate out of all 72 Wisconsin counties.

A 2008 study by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Department of Journalism concluded that of all 72 counties in Wisconsin, Iron County, under District Attorney Martin Lipske, had the highest percentage of dismissals in criminal cases over the prior 3-year period.42% of all Iron County criminal cases during that period were dismissed outright.

The conviction rate is much worse than the study reflects, however, because many of the cases not yet dismissed languish for years with no action whatsoever. Cases going back at least 12 years remain pending with no action for years.

In the 4 years since the study done by UW-Milwaukee, things have gotten worse. Lipske has compiled the following record in felony cases (updated to August 1st).

2009: 63 felony cases filed, 15 felony convictions.
2010: 64 felony cases filed, 11 felony convictions.
2011: 52 felony cases filed, 8 felony convictions.
2012: 44 felony cases filed, 2 felony convictions.

 Iron County is a small county with a small caseload. It should not have the lowest conviction rate of all 72 Wisconsin Counties. 

(the above facts and figures are re-produced here from literature produced by Tony Stella)

Did you also know that the current Iron County District Attorney Martin J. Lipske is still currently BARRED from practicing law in the State of Minnesota?

[ Disciplinary Action against Martin J. Lipske - MINNESOTA ]

The State of Minnesota suspended his law license as a discplinary measure after the State of Wisconsin also disbarred him for 2 years after being repeatedly reported to Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) for lying to his clients, taking money from clients he was not entitled to and failure to perform routine duties and tasks he was paid to do by his clients along with other reasons relating to general lack of diligence and competence in his work. It took him nearly 4 years to get his license reinstated to practice law again in the State of Wisconsin.

And if this wasn't enough... After being disbarred for 2 years in 1990, he attempted to get his license reinstated in 1992 but, his petition for reinstatement was DENIED as he had still failed to reimburse his clients with the money he kept he shouldn't have and hand over these clients files, he failed to comply with Supreme Court rules, failed to cooperate during proceedings to reinstate his license, failed to file his tax returns and to timely pay his taxes and misrepresented on an application for an insurance brokers license.

He was only finally reinstated in January of 1994 and he ran for Iron County DA and was elected just MONTHS after getting his license reinstated.

Please take the time to read the following link, you will be SHOCKED by the repeated complaints filed against Lipske for misconduct by his previous clients. You will also see he had already been privately reprimanded by the OLR prior to his suspension and that he also represented a client in the state of Minnesota when he was not licensed to do so.

A referee looking into the misconduct reported stated that Mr. Lipske "engaged in conduct" involving "DISHONESTY, FRAUD, DECEIT OR MISREPRESENTATION."

[ Disciplinary Action against Martin J Lipske - WISCONSIN ]

How serious is a 2 year suspension in Wisconsin? VERY. It is reserved as a severe disciplinary action only.

For example, take Ex- Vilas County District Attorney David Penn who also was suspended for 2 years. While serving as Vilas County district attorney from 1987 through 1992, Penn used marijuana and cocaine, for which he was subsequently convicted. Penn also acted as district attorney in respect to referral and prosecution of nine people who had used illegal drugs with him or had personal knowledge of his drug use.

 [ Disciplinary Proceedings Against Vilas County DA David Penn ]

*** an interesting side note to this story is that David Penn was AGAIN arrested for possession of cocaine after his suspension. Judge Madden was assigned to his case and dismissed his case after Penn's initial appearance.

Here are some articles the Daily Globe published about Mr. Lipske when he originally ran for Iron County DA in 1994. 

September 6, 1994 - Ironwood Daily Globe

 His response to this article.

September 9, 1994

This website also contains extensive coverage and evidence of how DA Lipske acted in the case of Don Miller including destruction of KEY evidence in Don's case and getting caught LYING to the Department of Corrections in retaliation over the Free Don Miller websites to name a few. Please read about his part in Don's case along with thinking about what else I have presented here before casting your important vote on November 6th, 2012.

UPDATE: What exactly is "acceptable" to Circuit Court Judge Patrick J. Madden?

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Crime Statistics: Prostitution in Iron County.

I am doing a little investigation into the sex industry that Hurley is famous for. This post leads off from a few things that were discussed in last weeks show and below is a bit of interesting trivia that came up in my research.

As outlined in the article, The Notorious History of Iron County, I collected there a compilation of articles and photos of Hurley's history. I wondered to myself if prostitution had been "cleaned up" somewhat in Hurley since the days after Iron County Circuit Court Judge Alex Raineri was sent to federal prison for 3 years for promoting prostitution in 1980 and wanted to look at how cases are dealt with in recent times. I researched the Ironwood Daily Globe for every article I could find about prostitution busts in Iron and Gogebic County. Then I ran the names of the people arrested on prostitution related charges through WCCA.

The results were interesting. I couldn't find one single conviction on prostitution charges in Iron County since the current Judge, Judge Madden has been sitting on the bench. I was able to search from 1985-2008. Please send me details of any cases you think I have missed but, altogether, I found 8 people arrested in Iron County on prostitution related charges. The following is public record.

September 16, 1993

 Case DISMISSED. [Download WCCA case]

February 8, 2003

This case is SEALED in it's entirety by order of Judge Madden. It does not even tell you what she was charged with or what the outcome or decision of this case was on WCCA. It tells you nothing though the date of the sealed case matches the timeframe of the arrest in the paper. We recently made an official request for more details on this case and our request was denied.

See the article on SEALED RECORDS IN IRON COUNTY.

September 11, 2003

Case DISMISSED. [Download WCCA case file]

September 21, 2004

Case OPEN. [Download WCCA case file]

September 6, 2007

Case REDUCED to DISORDERLY CONDUCT. [Download WCCA case file]

November 11, 2007

3 Cases all reduced to DISORDERLY CONDUCT.

[Download WCCA case file Defendant #1]
[Download WCCA case file Defendant #2]
[Download WCCA case file Defendant #3]


This post is not a complaint about how prostitution is dealt with in the Wisconsin legal system. Prostitution is actually legal here in Scotland and in many places in Europe and I make no complaints or wish to express opinions on this either. This posts purpose is to merely point out some interesting facts about how Iron County deals with prostitution these days... and, well, it seems they deal with it like they have always done.

Essentially, it appears a blind eye is turned to the issue by the Iron County prosecution office or maybe in Hurley... prostitution isn't really considered a crime?

Harking back to the days of 1904 when Governor LaFollette's people went into Hurley and removed the Iron County Sheriff and Iron County District Attorney from their offices for neglect of duty. They of course also turned a blind eye to prostitution and gambling. At that time, there was 30 prostitution houses and 6 gambling dens thriving in Hurley.

It is interesting to note how other counties in Wisconsin deal with and view prostitution. Down in Janesville, Wisconsin for example, the Sheriff there believes lap dancing in the only strip club in Janesville qualifies as prostitution and they have been arresting people for it when there are complaints.

Janesville Gazette: Is lap dancing prostitution?

Indeed, just over the border in Michigan, prostitution related crime is taken very seriously and convictions have been secured in recent cases.

December 11, 2003

June 21, 1996

Some food for thought this election week.

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