Crime & Safety

Jury Trial Scheduled in June for Hit-and-Run

Kevin P. Brown appeared in court Thursday in connection with the December incident that injured 82-year-old Dolores Kopacz.

A tentative date for a jury trial has been scheduled for the 54-year-old Port Washington man charged in a hit-and-run incident .

Kevin P. Brown, 556 W. Chestnut St., will appear in court at 1:15 p.m. April 19 for further proceedings, at which time the status of the jury trial could change.

If nothing is resolved in the case on that April date, a jury status hearing has been set for 1:15 p.m. June 4; a three-day trial has also been scheduled, starting at 8:45 a.m. June 5.

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Brown remains in custody since being charged with the incident pending a $40,000 bail. That amount is a . Martz had requested a $5,000 bail — but that motion was denied.

According to the criminal complaint, Brown had been on his way to work in Sheboygan when he struck Kopacz, who was walking on County Highway KK (Moore Road) near North Spring Street and the railroad tracks in the Town of Port Washington. Realizing he had hit a person, he pulled his vehicle over — but then left the scene in a panic. Family later urged him to turn himself in, and he did.

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Brown was arrested about 2 p.m. that day. During the arrest, officers detected a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. A preliminary breath test showed a 0.17 blood alcohol content. A blood test was also taken and sent to the State Laboratory of Hygiene for testing.

Kopacz sustained head, leg and arm injuries and was transported by ambulance to St. Mary’s Ozaukee Hospital and then transferred to Froedtert Memorial Hospital in Wauwautosa by Flight for Life. As of 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, hospital officials had no records of Kopacz as a continuing patient, however they could offer no further information about her condition.

Brown is charged with two felony counts: hit-and-run causing bodily injury and injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle. If convicted, he could face up to 27 1/2 years in prison and/or a $75,000 fine.


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