Politics & Government

Waukesha County Judge Gets Ticket for Disorderly Conduct

Caledonia Police Department arrested Linda Van De Water, of Brookfield, earlier this year. She faces a $100 citation, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Linda Van De Water, a judge who was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct earlier this year, pleaded no contest to an ordinance violation of disorderly conduct, according to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report.

The citation was $100, according to the report, and reduced the charge against Van De Water from a misdemeanor through the plea agreement. Online court records have not yet been updated. Van De Water was scheduled to appear in Racine County for a status hearing and the case was going to trial on Thursday.

Van De Water, 48, of Brookfield was accused of getting involved in an altercation with her boyfriend, who was dating another woman, in Caledonia. At one point, Van De Water kicked a car and jumped on to the hood of a vehicle while it was driving. A full list of the allegations against the

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Van De Water was elected as a judge in 2003. She ran for District II Court of Appeals in 2010 and lost.


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