The Brief
- Two men pleaded guilty to felony murder in the 2012 death of Corey Stingley.
- Court records show the men completed deferred prosecution agreements, and the cases against them were dismissed with prejudice.
- Stingley, 16, died after men restrained him following a shoplifting attempt at a West Allis store. It happened in 2012.
MILWAUKEE – Two men, who pleaded guilty to felony murder in the 2012 death of Corey Stingley, have had their cases dismissed after a judge ruled they completed the terms of their deferred prosecution agreements.
Deferred prosecution agreement
In court:
In January, prosecutors charged Robert Beringer and Jesse Cole with felony murder. The charges came more than a decade after Stingley’s death.
Beringer and Cole pleaded guilty, and Judge Laura Crivello withheld a judgment of conviction for six months as part of a deferred prosecution agreement. If the two men didn’t commit any new crimes, the judge would likely dismiss the case with prejudice.…