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Alleged jerkface now a convicted one.

Shame on Shane, again

Jerkface sentenced in drunk driving case.

Man charged in Story Hill assaults.

Story Hill assaulter gets 16 months in the can
Work release privileges granted

Oct. 24, 2005 -- The man who assaulted a Story Hill resident before breaking into a neighborhood home has been sentenced to 16 months in jail for his April crimes.

Shane Rundquist, 30, also was ordered by Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Paul Van Grunsven to pay $1,200 in fines and $500 in restitution to the owner of the home.

Rundquist will be allowed work-release privileges and will be able to serve his sentence in the Waukesha County Jail.

Rundquist pleaded guilty to two counts of disorderly conduct, battery, criminal trespass to dwelling, and criminal damage to property. A second count of criminal trespass to dwelling was dismissed.

The charges stem from his April knockdown of an 80-year-old neighborhood resident and his breaking into into a Sunnyside Dr. home, where he grabbed the telephone from the owner as she tried to call police.


Alleged jerkface now a convicted one

Sept. 2, 2005 -- The man who assaulted Story Hill residents before breaking into a neighborhood home pleaded guilty this week to five misdemeanors in the case.

Shane Rundquist, 30, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, battery, criminal trespass to dwelling, criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct.

The charges stem from his April knockdown of an 80-year-old neighborhood resident and his very uninvited entry into a Sunnyside Dr. home, where he grabbed the telephone from the owner as she tried to call police.

A second count of criminal trespass to dwelling was issued against Rundquist in May. The disposition of that case could not be determined Friday.

Rundquist is scheduled to be sentenced Oct. 13.


Shame on Shane (again)

May 23, 2005 -- Shane M. Rundquist, the idiot who allegedly attacked a couple on Story Parkway before breaking into a Story Hill house last month, has been sentenced in Dodge County to 200 days in jail for his fourth offense of drunk driving.

Rundquist, 30, will serve his Dodge County sentence after he finishes the 30-day jail term he picked up in Jefferson County earlier this month for his third drunk driving offense.

Dodge County Circuit Judge John R. Storck also ordered Rundquist to undergo an alcohol and other drug abuse evaluation and fined him $3,557. Storck revoked Rundquist's driver's license for three years and ordered him to appear before a victim impact panel.

Rundquist faces six misdemeanor charges in connection with his Story Hill adventure. He is accused of knocking down an 80-year-old neighborhood resident before breaking into a Sunnyside Dr. home and grabbing the telephone from the owner as she tried to call police. Rundquist was charged in April with two counts of disorderly conduct, one count of battery, criminal trespass to a dwelling, and criminal damage to property. A second count of criminal trespass to dwelling was issued against Rundquist earlier this month.


Alleged jerkface sentenced in drunk driving case

May 9, 2005 -- Shane M. Rundquist, who allegedly attacked a couple on Story Parkway before breaking into a Story Hill house, was sentenced last week in an unrelated drunk driving case to 30 days in jail.

Jefferson County Circuit Judge John M. Ullsvik also fined Rundquist $1,930 and suspended his driver's license indefinitely. Rundquist also must pay $300 in attorney's fees, according to the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access system.

Not having a license has not prevented Rundquist from driving in the past. He also faces a charge, stemming from the same Jan. 12 arrest, of driving without a valid license, his second such offense in three years, records show.

Rundquist, 30, will have work-release privileges during his jail sentence.

Rundquist still faces five criminal misdemenor counts for his alleged Story Hill assaults.He is accused of knocking down an 80-year-old neighborhood resident before breaking into a Sunnyside Dr. home and grabbing the telephone from the owner as she tried to call police. Rundquist was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct, one count of battery, criminal trespass to a dwelling, and criminal damage to property.

Rundquist still faces drunken driving charges in Dodge County stemming from a Jan. 28 arrest.


Man charged in Opening Day assaults
in Story Hill

April 27, 2005-- A man who allegedly knocked down an 80-year-old neighborhood resident before breaking into a Sunnyside Dr. home and grabbing the telephone from the owner as she tried to call police has been charged with five misdemeanors, court records show.

Shane Michael Rundquist, 30, of Watertown, was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct, one count of battery, criminal trespass to a dwelling, and criminal damage to property.

The incident occurred April 11, which was Opening Day at Miller Park. Story Hill is just a few blocks from the stadium. It is unclear whether Rundquist was in the neighborhood because of the game.

A witness said Rundquist, who is facing drunken driving charges stemming from two unrelated and separate incidents, was drunk.

According the criminal complaint: The 80-year-old man and his wife were walking their dogs in the 300 block of N. Story Parkway when Rundquist suddenly appeared and stood in front of the woman.

Rundquist "snatched the leash for one of her dogs from her hand," the complaints said. "The defendant then began to swing the dog around and let go of the leash causing the dog to tumble to the ground."

Rundquist allegedly grabbed the leash for the other dog with both hands "and expanded the leash in front of (the woman's) throat," the complaint said.

The woman, the complaint said, believed Rundquist "was going to put the leash around her neck to choke her."

The woman said in an interview that Rundquist "was out to do harm"

The woman pushed Rundquist to get away from him, the complaint said.

The woman's husband, afraid that Rundquist would hurt her, went to grab Rundquist, the complaint said. Rundquist allegedly knocked him down and took off.

He wound up pounding on the windows of a Sunnyside Dr. residence, the complaint said. The woman who lives in the home checked on the noise and saw Rundquist fall in the back yard, according to the complaint. She opened the back door, but closed it again when Rundquist started walking toward her.

"He demanded to be let into the house and pounded on the back door," the complaint said. The homeowner ran to the front of the house to call police.

"She heard the side door on the east side of the house being forced open," the complaint said.

Rundquist came into the house and knocked the phone from her hand, the complaint said.

"She ran outside the front door," the complaint said.

A man passing by heard the woman scream and saw her leave her house with Rundquist after her, the complaint said. The man, believing Rundquist was going to beat the woman, went to her aid.

The man told police Rundquist was drunk. Rundquist charged the man "and a brief struggle occurred between them," the complaint said. The passerby threw Rundquist to the ground. Rundquist got up and started to walk away, but the passerby was able to point him out to police officers passing by.

Rundquist was in a load of trouble even before he was arrested in Story Hill. He is facing drunken driving charges in Dodge and Jefferson counties stemming from arrests Jan. 12 and Jan. 28. Each charge is listed in the Wisconsin Circuit Court Access program as Rundqist's third drunk driving offense.

He is also was charged in the Jan. 12 incident with his second offense in three years of driving without a valid license, records show.

He already has a criminal record -- Rundquist was convicted of misdeanor theft in 2001, disorderly conduct in 1997 and 1999, and misdemeanor battery in 1996, according to CCAP.

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