Wednesday, May 24, 2023

Catching up: Stephanie Rapkin is going to jail


Headline  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5/24/2023
Milwaukee County Judge Laura Crivello on Tuesday offered Rapkin leniency, staying a 60-day jail sentence for a year of probation with the condition that she put in 100 hours of community service, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. 
But Rapkin said no one would ever accept her and she wanted to go to jail. 
“It’s not viable,” she said. “I’d rather go to jail right now and take care of it.”


4/20/2023 update, "Catching up with Stephanie Rapkin", starts here.

Rapkin faces sentencing for the misdemeanor charge later this week and is charged separately with a felony assault on a police officer who arrested her at her home the day after the spitting incident. 
In June of 2020, Rapkin showed up at the protest in Shorewood and parked her car in the street, blocking the anti-racism march that was one of thousands held around the U.S. in the wake of the murder of George Floyd by a police officer. 


12/20/2020 update starts here

Fox6 Milwaukee, 9/16/2020
When questioned about the spitting incident, the complaint in the case said Rapkin "explained that she was a cancer survivor and felt threatened because she was surrounded and they did not have masks on. (The video shows that the defendant did not have a mask on at the time of the spitting incident.) She said they got too close so she spit." Rapkin is scheduled to be back in court for a motion hearing on Nov. 19.




Original 6/8/2020 post, "Stephanie Rapkin: side by side", starts here.


Read Stephanie's book review of  "A CPA's Guide to Making the Most of the New IRAs" in the December 1998 issue of Wisconsin Lawyer.

Steph is getting attention on Google Review.


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