The Brief
- 23-year-old Joseph Macias, who’s accused of breaking into a Milwaukee home and brutally beating a 99-year-old woman, pleaded not guilty in court.
- Police found the victim severely injured; Macias claimed heavy drinking wiped his memory of the attack.
- Milwaukee officials are investigating a nearly three-hour delay in dispatching police despite multiple emergency calls.
MILWAUKEE – A man accused of breaking into a 99-year-old woman’s south side home last month in a drunken stupor and savagely beating the woman, that’s since prompted an internal investigation of emergency dispatch staff for an hours-long delayed police response, is heading to trial.
Last week, prosecutors charged Joseph Macias, 23, with one count each of felony battery to an elder person, 1st degree reckless injury, and burglary.
Court proceedings
What we know:
Macias was due to appear in court Friday, but he appeared by video and waived his right for a preliminary hearing in the case. During the hearing, prosecutors amended two of the three charges to include enhancers that increase the penalties for the victim being elderly. Macias pleaded not guilty to the charges and is due back in court before the trial judge this month.…