Theodore Edgecomb Sentenced To 37 Years In Prison For The 2020 Murder Of Immigration Attorney Jason T. Cleereman In Milwaukee's Eastside

Edgecomb sentenced to 37 years in prison for Cleereman's homicide.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

April 9, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Friday, Theodore Edgecomb, 32, was sentenced to 37 years in prison for the September 2020 murder of immigration attorney Jason T. Cleereman, 54. Edgecomb will be incarcerated for 25 years and 12 years in supervision, according to court records.

In January 2022, Edgecomb was found guilty of 1st-degree reckless homicide with a deadly weapon for the Cleereman homicide. Cleereman was shot in the head by Edgecomb who testified in court that his weapon fired accidentally.

According to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office, the toxicology results indicated that Cleereman was intoxicated when he confronted Edgecomb after Edgecomb punched him. Edgecomb testified that Cleereman's wife who was driving almost struck him while she was driving igniting a road rage confrontation between Edgecomb and Cleereman.