STATE DIGEST

Eagle will be examined for cause of death

Chippewa Falls An adult eagle found dead over the weekend has been sent to a Madison lab to determine the cause of death, a state official said Tuesday.

The eagle was found with blood on the back of its head Saturday by a Town of Hallie resident, said state Department of Natural Resources warden Dean Gullickson.

The bird, which had been dead at least a week, was found west of Highway 53 near Peterson and Thronson Roads. It was the 11th eagle found dead in the state this year, officials said.

Meanwhile, an eagle that was hit by a semitrailer truck near Rice Lake a week ago died. Officials at the Raptor Rehabilitation Center in St. Paul, Minn., said they had to euthanize the eagle because it suffered irreparable spinal damage.

The adult female eagle, which was at least 5 years old, was struck when it swooped in front of a truck on Highway 53 south of Rice Lake.

Another Rock County prisoner escapes

Beloit A second Rock County prisoner in as many months escaped from a Rock County sheriff's deputy Tuesday morning just outside the Beloit courthouse.

Tuesday's escapee was a 17- year-old Beloit boy who was scheduled to appear in court on a probation violation and for proceedings to send him to Illinois on armed robbery charges. He allegedly robbed a Rockford, Ill., man during a drug deal, police said.

The boy fled as a deputy unloaded a van filled with juveniles when it arrived at the courthouse around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday.

A Beloit man who escaped March 1 from a jail van outside the Sheriff's Department is still at large.

Couple face trial in starvation of horses

Sparta A Monroe County couple were ordered Tuesday to stand trial in the starvation deaths of seven horses.

Kurtis Borre, and his wife, Donna, of rural Warrens, were bound over for trial in Monroe County Circuit Court following a two-day preliminary hearing. They face felony animal mistreatment charges.

Officials said 15 other severely malnourished horses were found on the couple's farm.

Father charged in death of infant son

Appleton An Appleton father was charged Tuesday with first- degree reckless homicide in the death of his 6-week-old child.

James G. Mabrey, 25, allegedly hit his son, Jeremy, with his fist, causing severe head injuries. The infant also suffered from multiple broken ribs.

Mabrey faces up to 66 years in prison. Outagamie County District Attorney Vince Biskupic issued the more-severe charge a day after the infant died while on life support at a Neenah hospital.

Man gets life sentence in 1993 shooting

Oconto A Little Suamico man convicted of shooting to death a man he suspected of stealing fireworks from him was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison.

Dion W. Demmerly, 31, was sentenced in Oconto County Circuit Court for the slaying of James A. Lane, 21. A parole eligibility date was not set.

Demmerly's brother, Douglas, of Missoula, Mont., also was charged in Lane's death. Douglas Demmerly's case is pending.

Lane was shot in the chest in July 1993 after the brothers accused him of stealing fireworks from their Massive Fireworks stand on Highway 41-141 near Little Suamico.

Man sentenced for credit card fraud

Appleton A man with several aliases and international addresses was sentenced Monday to two years in prison on a charge of fraud by use of a credit card.

Outagamie County Judge Dee Dyer also ordered Charles O. Osagie, 36, of Guttenberg, N.J., to serve an additional nine months in jail for obstructing an officer and possession of stolen credit cards.

According to court records, Osagie, approached by police Oct. 11 after making a transaction at a Town of Grand Chute bank, tried to destroy a stolen credit card by breaking it into pieces and eating it. Officers retrieved enough of the card to reassemble it.

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