A man who brought a loaded handgun into the Wisconsin Capitol, demanding to see Gov. Tony Evers, and returned hours later with an assault rifle after posting bail has been charged with a misdemeanor. Forty-three-year-old Joshua Pleasnick of Madison was charged Monday in Dane County with carrying a firearm in a public building. He was arrested Oct.
FILE - A man walks by the Wisconsin Capitol, Oct. 10, 2012, in Madison, Wis. A man who brought a loaded handgun into the Capitol, demanding to see Gov. Evers, and returned hours later with an assault rifle after posting bail has been charged with a misdemeanor. Joshua Pleasnick, 43, was charged Monday, Oct. 16, 2023 with carrying a firearm in a public building. The Madison man is scheduled for an initial court appearance on the charge Thursday in Dane County Circuit Court.
A message asking whether Pleasnick has been assigned a public defender was left Tuesday with the State Public Defender’s Office by The Associated Press. Messages were also left by the AP for two attorneys listed in a previous divorce case involving Pleasnick.
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