Tina Kintoph apologizes to Judge Daniel Bissett April 17, 2023, for her outburst in court two months earlier at her son Grant Fuhrman's trial. PC: Fox 11 Online
OSHKOSH, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Grant Fuhrman’s mother apologized Monday, and will be allowed to attend his sentencing, despite an outburst in the courtroom after her son was convicted of stabbing Oshkosh West High School police liaison officer Mike Wissink.
A jury convicted Fuhrman, now 20, of attempted first-degree intentional homicide for the December 2019 incident. Fuhrman stabbed Wissink, who then shot Fuhrman, prompting the school to be evacuated.
After the verdict was read at the end of the trial in February, Tina Kintoph yelled “justice is bull (expletive)” and later lunged at a prosecutor. The moves prompted prosecutors to request she not be allowed at the sentencing hearing.
In court Monday, Kintoph noted the frustrating rulings in court for three years, with multiple denied motions, but said she maintained decorum then. But when the verdict was read, she was shocked and dumbfounded. She went to the bathroom, cried, and tried to compose herself before returning to courtroom, at a deputy’s direction.
“Your honor, that was very uncharacteristic of me, and I’m sorry. I certainly did not try to attack the prosecutor. I’m not a violent person. I was just an emotional, devastated mess. And I feel my actions that day could have been avoided had I not been told to go back into the courtroom. I can’t take back what happened. But I ask the court to show some mercy on a devastated mother who heard the worst news of her life. Thank you,” she said.
Judge Daniel Bissett ruled Kintoph can attend the hearing, but must sit in the back row of the gallery. If she does not maintain proper decorum, deputies are instructed to remove her.
Sentencing is scheduled May 1 before Judge Bissett. The maximum penalty for Fuhrman would be 60 years prison system, with up to 40 years in prison, and another 20 out of prison on extended supervision.
Since the verdict was returned, more than dozen letters have been sent to the judge, offering their views on what Fuhrman’s sentence should be.
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