Fox has now caught on to the name of Darrell Brooks the man in custody in Waukesha in connection with the car slamming into people at the Christmas parade, killing 5 and wounding more than 40 people.
Fox confirms our prior reports and notes the other following charges, noting the charges go back to 1999.
In July 2020, police charged him with three other felonies – including reckless endangerment and being a felon in possession of a firearm. He’s also listed as a Tier 2 registered sex offender in Nevada.
A background check from Wisconsin’s Department of Justice came back with over 50 pages of charges against Brooks stretching back decades. In 1999 he received his first felony conviction for taking part in an aggravated battery – for which he received three years of probation, records show.
He was convicted of obstructing an officer in 2005 and 2003. In 2002 he had another felony marijuana charge.
In 2010 he pleaded no contest to felony strangulation charges after allegedly attacking a woman during an argument about phone calls.
Police have now confirmed that Brooks is the lone suspect but have not commented on his motivation. But, obviously, there’s a lot of speculation about that motivation.
We brought you some of Darrell Brooks’ social media postings earlier. But there’s more.
Brooks had this comment on the Rittenhouse case on one of his accounts.
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) November 22, 2021
“Doesn’t surprise me, what a joke,” Brooks responded, “frfr…but u rite, I wasn’t surprised 1 bit 🤷🏽♂️.”
This video was allegedly from his Facebook page and a comment on the reported sexual offense that got him onto the sexual offender registry in Nevada.
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) November 22, 2021
This is pretty horrific:
"I'm pimping on the bitch…I took her over to Nevada. I didn't know the bitch was 16."
One of the videos he posted on FB explains how he got a trafficking minors charge. pic.twitter.com/GhvbrLPW6z
— Angela Ramirez (@coangelaramirez) November 22, 2021
That this guy was out to do what he did is incredible.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This piece was edited post-publication to reflect Brooks’ status as the lone suspect in custody.)
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