Apr 19, 2021 2:43 PM
Criminal charges are filed against a suspect in a cold case abduction and sexual assault in Grand Chute.
Grand Chute police say John Carter is accused of pulling a gun on a 16-year old girl that was just leaving her job at the Younkers in the Fox River Mall in Feburary of 2000. Carter then allegedly assaulted the girl and ran off.
He was arrested in Wisconsin Rapids on Friday, April 16.
Grand Chute Police Chief Greg Peterson won’t say how Carter came to become a suspect.
DNA evidence also links Carter to an alleged sexual assault in Janesville dating back to 1999.
Officials arrest 17-year-old suspect in Fox River Mall shooting
February 4, 2021 8:24 PM Brandon Arbuckle
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William Glasheen
Authorities respond to the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute, Wis., after two people were shot in the mall Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021.
Grand Chute Police Chief Greg Peterson and U.S. Marshal Anna Ruzinski announced the arrest of Dezman Ellis on Thursday night.
According to a post from the police department, officials reached out to the U.S. Marshals Service after learning Ellis was likely leaving the state. The U.S. Marshals Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force took on the investigation Monday.
Police said Ellis was taken into custody without incident in Des Moines, Iowa at around 3:30 p.m. Thursday.
Feb 5, 2021
GRAND CHUTE (WKOW) Grand Chute Police Chief Greg Peterson and U.S. Marshal Anna Ruzinski announced the arrest of Dezman Ellis Thursday afternoon. Ellis was wanted for 1st-Degree Intentional Homicide and 1st-Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety.
According to a criminal complaint filed in Outagamie County Circuit Courton Tuesday, 17-year-old Dezman Ellis and 19-year-old Jovanni Frausto were at the Fox River Mall in Grand Chute with friends Sunday afternoon and had a chance encounter.The complaint says Ellis was with his girlfriend who used to date Frausto.According to prosecutors, witnesses told police that an argument began between Ellis and Frausto and that Ellis pulled out a gun and shot Frausto.