Saturday, November 9, 2013

Alcala Charged In Hit and Run Death Of Milwaukee Homeless Man

Carolyn C. Alcala and Anthony J. Judd

Alcala kept going after striking Judd, a homeless man at the 900 block of W. Greenfield Ave.

By H. Nelson Goodson
November 9, 2013

Milwaukee, WI - On Friday, Carolyn C. Alcala, 47, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of hit-and-run in the death of Anthony "Tony" J. Judd, 45, a known Milwaukee homeless man whose punch line was "Hey amigo, you got 25 cents." On October 26, Judd was crossing W. Greenfield Ave. when Alcala driving westbound on her Cadillac Escalade (SUV) struck Judd before 7:20 p.m. and stopped, then made a U-turn to see what happened. She noticed Judd's shoe on the pavement and panicked, she immediately drove home and told her daughter about the incident. The daughter adviced to turn her self to police.
The criminal complaints states, that Alcala was intoxicated when she surrendered to police just after 8:00 p.m. and had admitted to having four drinks at a local bar earlier in the day. 
Judd died of mulitiple blunt force trauma to the body, according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's office.
If convicted, Alcala is facing up to 25 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. Alcala remains free on a $15,000 cash bond and is expected back in court on November 19.

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