The Brief
- A Milwaukee County jury acquitted a firefighter and his brother of felony charges.
- The charges were tied to beating a man who they said broke into their home.
- The man who was beaten has pleaded guilty to felony burglary for the incident.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee County jury acquitted a firefighter and his brother of all charges related to the beating of a man who they said entered their home uninvited last year.
In court
What we know:
Prosecutors charged 38-year-old Ty Dright-Jackson, a Milwaukee firefighter, and his 34-year-old brother Tramel Dright with the same two felonies: first-degree reckless injury and substantial battery.
The brothers pleaded not guilty to those charges in February. And on Friday, a jury found them not guilty of those charges after a week-long trial.
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