GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ) – Green Bay police say a man beat a woman in front of her kids, then threatened the cop that took him to jail.
37-year-old Willie E. Pirtle Jr. is charged with five counts, including 3 felonies for substantial battery, false imprisonment and threat to a law enforcement officer. All 5 charges have repeater enhancers, while four also have domestic abuse repeater enhancers.
According to the criminal complaint, police were called about a physical disturbance in the 1000 block of Shawano Avenue on June 18. The call notes stated that a man was punching a woman.
Officers located the man who had left the Shawano Avenue address in the 100 block of S. Oak Street. That man, identified as Willie E. Pirtle, was arrested.
The victim told officers that Pirtle took their 2 common children to a party that afternoon. She heard that Pirtle had been drinking and their kids were running around outside after 10 p.m.
The complaint reads that the victim called Pirtle to bring the kids back, “because she does not like when he drinks.” Around 11:30 p.m., Pirtle arrived at her house with the kids.
While on the way to jail, Pirtle began yelling at the officer using expletives and racial epithets. He also allegedly threatened to kill the officers’ family. Upon arrival at the jail, Pirtle continued to be uncooperative with staff.
According to online court records, Willie Pirtle Jr. was previously convicted of disorderly conduct-domestic abuse on December 4, 2014.
Pirtle is due back in Brown County court on September 12 for his final pre-trial hearing. A jury trial has been scheduled for September 14 and 15. If convicted on all counts, Pirtle faces more than 40 years in prison.
