Suspect enters not guilty plea in robbery and beating of handicapped man

10/25/2012 | Filed under: Crime News | Posted by:

Alexander Pietsch-RCSD

Alexander Peitsch appeared with his attorney Jamie McClendon at 8:30 a.m. this morning. A plea of not guilty was entered, the reading was waved and his arraignment is scheduled for November 1, 2012 at 8:30 a.m. He is still currently in custody on charges of robbery, substantial battery-intending to cause bodily harm and bail jumping. The robbery and batter charge have a modifier added to those charges of 100.264(2)(a) Crime against an Elderly or Disabled Person. His bail is still set at $2,500 cash and he is on a hold from Department of Correction for those charges.

A 2nd suspect Justin Lyons, Racine is expected into court on November 1,2012 at 8:30 for his preliminary hearing. He is currently out on a $3,000 signature bond and GPS monitoring system.

The suspects are both accused of robbing and beating a paralyzed man in a wheelchair on October 14th. He was thrown from his wheelchair and the suspects allegedly punched and kicked him near the area of Jerstad Agerholm School. The victim noticed that the suspects were acting suspiciously before the attack and dialed 911 on his cell phone. Dispatchers were able to hear what was going on and were able to trace and ping the cell phone and its location. One of the suspects was caught with the victims cell phone when police apprehended him. The victim was taken to Wheaten Franciscan/All Saints and treated for cuts and bruises, he was released from the hospital later that day

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3 Responses to Suspect enters not guilty plea in robbery and beating of handicapped man

  1. A ples of “NOT GUILTY”. I sure hope the judge sentence you to what ever the maxium time is for this crime. Hope someone ties you to a chair in jail, and then proceeds to beat you up. At least I am happy to see that no one has bailed your stupid a$$ out of jail.

    ValentineAngel
    10/25/2012 at 11:09 am

  2. “Not Guilty” is the standard plea here. That means the case is scheduled for a jury trial – however the DA will then come in with a plea agreement in exchange for a plea of “No Contest”. It’s how it’s done.

    The Perp will take the plea deal – because he will face the wrath of a jury otherwise and most likely fare far worse.

    City of Racine jail has terrible food and is not so nice. I’ve been there. NOW – Kenosha jail (County, NOT the City jail) is pretty nice. Good food, 2 big screens, warm water, and you get exercise time outside in a concrete courtyard. I learned to play chess there.

    Lots of young guys in jail – let me tell you what – you listen to some of their stories – and jail is a great place for them. Clean clothes, 3 nutritious meals a day – structure in their lives, and jail is SAFE. Much safer than the streets. They know where they are going to sleep and what tomorrow will bring.

    Tricky Dicky
    10/25/2012 at 3:41 pm

    • Tricky is right here.

      It’s typical criminal proceedings to enter such a plea, only to get offered and accept a deal later on to avoid trial.

      Once at trial, and you lose, your life is essentially over since you’ll face the wrath of the Judge.

      In jail, younger peeps these days go there quite often, most times for a place to sleep, or because they’ve been in and out of Jail so much, and they know people that are in there with them, its a safe haven and a place to converse and live with old buddies from the street.

      oh hai!!
      10/25/2012 at 10:40 pm

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