Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Residents who live near the home where convicted sex offender Michael Fink will live attended a meeting Wednesday to learn more about the process and ask questions.
About 40 residents who live in the 16th and Memorial neighborhood attended a sex offender notification meeting Wednesday at the 16th Street COP house. The meeting was hosted by the Racine Police Department, and the Department of Corrections, the Department of Human Services to help neighbors understand what it means that Michael Fink will be moving in to 1605 S. Memorial Drive. Neighors were told they wouldn't be allowed to speak during the presentation portion of the evening, but they could turn in cards with questions that officials would try and answer during a short Q&A session. Fink is being remanded into the custody of the Department of Human Services on supervised release after serving time in prison and at the Sand Ridge Secure …
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Thursday, January 17, 2013
Convicted sex offender Michael Fink is still going to be released under strict supervision, but finding a new location for him should be the DHS's highest priority, according to Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz.
Racine County Circuit Court Judge Eugene Gasiorkiewicz told state Department of Health Services officials Thursday to make finding a new placement for convicted sex offender Michael Fink one of their highest priorities. The status hearing was scheduled after the state Attorney General's office and DHS officials discovered that Fink's proposed residence at 918 Lathrop Avenue was only a block or two away from one of his victims. Fink was to have been released from Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center in Mauston into a supervised release program by Friday, but that has been put on hold until a new home for him is found. Fink was first convicted of second degree sexual assault in 1987 for attacking a 15-year-old girl. He spent time in prison for…
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Together with Rep. Tamara Grigsby, Mason wants to examine the Department of Health Services plans to cut public healthcare in Wisconsin.
Representatives Cory Mason (D-Racine) and Tamara Grigsby (D-Milwaukee) want the Joint Committee on Finance to convene an immediate hearing to fully explore how the Department of Human Services plans to trim $550 million from the public healthcare budget. After weeks of releasing bits and pieces of the department's plan to save money on public healthcare, DHS just on Mon., Oct. 31, released its full, 300-page document. “This plan is filled with even more of the bad choices Republicans have been making all year,” said Mason in a written statement. “The Walker Administration has made a very conscious choice to deny health care to tens of thousands of Wisconsin residents to pay for tax breaks to special interests and corporations." Grisby …
Valerie Parkhurst
4:10 pm on Sunday, March 3, 2013
This isnt a "he-said she said" scenario for this convict " after his 1994 conviction for sexually assaulting two, 12-year-old girls" He is every parents nitemare and you can bank no state-funded voodoo doctor changed his spots. He should be kept in a cage and or already had a needle stuck in his arm, but NO the powers that be are actually having conversations about this worthless DNA moving back … more ›