41-year-old Jesse E. Fonseca, Owner Of Sabor Tropical Restaurant And Fiesta Latina 2024 Charged With Felony Stalking And Intimidate Victim/Domestic Abuse In Waukesha County, Facing Trial In December

Fonseca will stand trial in December for multiple felony and misdemeanor charges for stalking domestic abuse and intimidate victim, according to Waukesha County Court records.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

September 2, 2024

Waukesha, Wisconsin - According to Waukesha County Court records, Jesse E. Fonseca, 41, of Milwaukee is scheduled to stand trial in December for multiple felony and misdemeanor charges related to felony stalking and domestic abuse including intimidation of a victim in a domestic abuse case involving a 31-year-old woman from Waukesha. The identity of the female victim was sealed by the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office.

Fonseca is the owner of Sabor Tropical Restaurant and Rum Bar in the Southside of Milwaukee, including Fiesta Latina MKE 2024 and Taste of Latin Milwaukee.

Fonseca was criminally charged on December 22, 2022 with three felony counts for stalking/domestic abuse, intimidate victim/domestic abuse crime and attempt bribery of witness including party to a crime. He was also charged with three misdemeanor counts for computer message-threaten/obscenity including domestic abuse, criminal trespass to dwelling including domestic abuse, and disorderly conduct including domestic abuse.

If convicted, Fonseca is facing up to 3 years and 5 months in prison and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for stalking; is facing up to 10 years in prison and up to $25,000 in fines, or both for intimidate a victim, and up to 6 years in prison and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for attempt bribery. In addition to each felony, facing up to 2 years in prison for each felony count modifier for domestic abuse.

Fonseca is also facing up to 9 months in jail and up to $10,000 in fines, or both for criminal dwelling traspass, and up to 90 days in jail and up to $1,000 in fines, or both for disorderly conduct and computer message-threaten, and an additional of 90 days in jail for each domestic abuse modifier for each count of misdemeanor.

Fonseca remains free on $1,000 cash bond, according to Waukesha County Court records.

On August 26, 2004, Fonseca pled guilty/no contest to one felony count for battery to injunction petitioner and was sentenced to 3 years probation, according to Milwaukee County court records.