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Prosecutors charge Wisconsin legislator with misdemeanor after blowup over Hispanic resolution
Ortiz-Velez faces disorderly conduct charges for alleged threats over exclusion from Hispanic Heritage Month and Latino veterans resolutions, with a potential 90-day jail penalty.
- Prosecutors charged Wisconsin state legislator Sylvia Ortiz-Velez with disorderly conduct after she allegedly threatened to release personal information about a colleague.
- She was upset over being excluded from drafting Hispanic heritage resolutions and told a lawmaker she would inform the media about them.
- Ortiz-Velez faces a maximum penalty of 90 days in jail if convicted of the misdemeanor charge.
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Prosecutors charge Wisconsin legislator with misdemeanor after blowup over Hispanic resolution
Prosecutors have charged a Wisconsin legislator with disorderly conduct in connection with a feud over a resolutions honoring Hispanics. Democratic state Rep.
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Milwaukee Assemblywoman charged with disorderly conduct over alleged threats towards other lawmakers
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Wisconsin State Representative Sylvia Ortiz-Velz is being charged with disorderly conduct after an alleged confrontation with another member of the Assembly in 2025. Prosecutors say in a criminal complaint that Ortiz-Velez was upset that another unnamed legislator did not include her in the drafting of a resolution honoring Latino veterans. According to Capitol Police, Ortiz-Velez then threatened to contact the press and tell t…
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