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Ring Ring Judge On The Phone
Imagine being a defense attorney, and getting this phone message from a judge:
La Crosse Judge Todd Bjerke was addressing the attorney for Francis Rychtik (RICK-tik), who’s charged with another man’s traffic death on I-90. Rychtik’s lawyer didn’t answer the phone when the judge called during a court hearing today. Bjerke set another hearing for next week, when he promises to decide whether a trial will happen. Police believe Rychtik was distracted, and drunk, when his truck crashed into the back of Jason Songer’s car last July. Songer died when he became trapped in his burning car.