Circuit Court Judge Jessica Fehrenbach
- Case on record
- 1
- Ended in a killing
- 1
- Prior arrests across these defendants
- 3
Background
Lincoln County, Wisconsin circuit court judge. Former public defender; ran unopposed in a deeply conservative county. On March 18 2025 stayed a 60-day jail sentence for 18-year-old Deonta Rashad Harmon — who had pleaded to felony battery committed behind bars — and gave him 24 months of self-imposed probation. Four days later Harmon was charged with first-degree reckless homicide in the killing of Dylan Jackson on Milwaukee's Water Street, plus two counts of first-degree reckless injury and felon-in-possession.
Cases on record
Dylan Jackson, 22
Four days after Judge Fehrenbach stayed his jail sentence for an in-custody felony battery, Harmon allegedly opened fire on Milwaukee's Water Street, killing 22-year-old Dylan Jackson and wounding two others. He was charged with first-degree reckless homicide, two counts of first-degree reckless injury, and felon in possession of a firearm. The case has drawn national attention to Fehrenbach's reform-minded sentencing record.