Van Severen Law Office, S.C. regularly represents defendants facing disorderly conduct charges.  Call us for help: (414) 270-0202 The disorderly conduct statute in Wisconsin covers a wide variety of low-level illegal conduct.  Actions that are violent, abusive, indecent, profane, boisterous, unreasonably loud, or otherwise disorderly all qualify.  Those actions must tend to cause or provoke…

Facing sabotage charges?  Contact Van Severen Law Office, S.C. at (414) 270-0202 for help. Not all treasonous acts are automatically federal criminal charges, and sabotage is one example.  While damaging military property will also likely lead to additional federal charges, sabotage is a crime punishable by the state.  Sabotage is a Class F felony, meaning…

Bestiality is a crime throughout the United States.  If you’re facing this charge in Wisconsin, contact Van Severen Law Office, S.C. for help Bestiality and zoophilia are words that describe various forms of sexually abusing an animal.  In March of 2020, Governor Tony Evers signed a law that increased penalties for this crime from misdemeanors…

Wondering whether police can stop you for broken tail lights in Wisconsin?  Van Severen Law Office, S.C. criminal defense lawyers explain: Broken tail lights, and replacing burnt out bulbs, involves one of the most basic forms of maintenance we must perform on our vehicles.  This is especially the case if you’ve ever had the pleasure…

What is fleeing/eluding an officer? Although lawmakers increased the penalties associated with this offense in 2024, they didn’t change the substance of the law itself. Section 364.04(3) of the Wisconsin Statutes is the specific law prohibiting fleeing or eluding an officer.  The law says: (3) No operator of a vehicle, after having received a visual or…

How it all started: Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 farm bill) Farm bills in the United States are comprehensive omnibus bills that are passed every five to six years.  They cover agricultural and food policy for the federal government.  The 2018 Farm Bill (Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018) legalized industrial hemp and its derivatives…

Fraudulent use of a financial transaction card, explained by the criminal defense attorneys at Van Severen Law Office, S.C. Fraudulent use of a financial transaction card is one of many financial crimes in Wisconsin.  In a simple example, this crime occurs when the defendant steals another individual’s credit card and then uses it to purchase…

Section 941.12 of the Wisconsin Statutes – Interfering with fire fighting Section 941.12 of the Wisconsin Statutes provides the law addressing interfering with fire fighting.  It says: (1) Whoever intentionally interferes with the proper functioning of a fire alarm system or the lawful efforts of fire fighters to extinguish a fire is guilty of a Class…

What is use or possession of a handgun and an armor piercing round during crime? Section 941.296 of the Wisconsin Statutes prohibits individuals from possessing armor-piercing ammunition while committing crimes.  Section 941.296(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes says: (2) Whoever uses or possesses a handgun during the commission of a crime under chs. 939 to 948 or 961 is guilty of a…

Section 941.13 of the Wisconsin Statutes – False alarms Section 941.13 of the Wisconsin Statutes is titled “false alarms.”  Although this title may not match your criminal complaint (and we’ll see that it doesn’t match the jury instructions), this section applies to illegally pulling a fire alarm.  The law says: False alarms. Whoever intentionally gives a…