State of Wisconsin Circuit Court

Walworth County
STATE OF WISCONSIN
-VS:
Sheen M Marsh
W432 Little Prairie Rd.
Palmyra, WI 53156
DOB: 1111411992
Se></Race: MAiV
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 6ft0in
Weight: 167 lbs
Plaintiff,
Defendant,
CRIMINAL COMPLAINT
DA Case No.: 2014W1000091
Assigned DA/ADA: Haley J Rea
Agency Case No.: CWH20132957
Court Case No.: 14 CF
157
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\^.!,.lcrp of the City of Whitewater Police Department, being
first duly sworn, on information and belief, states that:
Count 1: ARSON OF PROPERTY OTHER THAN BUILDING
The above-named defendant on Wednesday, December 18, 2013, in the City of
Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin, by means of fire, did intentionally damage the
property (other than a building) of Wal-Mart, valued at
$100 or more, without that person's
consent, contrary to sec. 943.03 Wis. Stats., a Class I Felony, and upon conviction may be
fined not more than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000),
or imprisoned not more than three
(3) years and six (6) months, or both.
PROBABLE CAUSE:
1) Your complainant makes this complaint based upon the following, all of which your
complainant believes to be reliable. The information in this complaint does not exhaust
your complainant's knowledge of this incident.
2) Complainant has reviewed the reports of the City of Whitewater Police Department
which reflect that on December 18,2013, at approximately 5:16 a.m., Officer John
Kleinfeldt was dispatched to Wal-Mart, located at 1362 West Main Street, in the City of
Whitewater, Walworth County, Wisconsin
,
for a report of fires in the Wal-Mart store.
3) Officer Kleinfeldt reports that when he responded to Wal-Mart he spoke to an
employee, Sheen Marsh, hereinafter the defendant, who was working as a third shift shelf
stocker. Officer Kleinfeldt reports the defendant and other employees said there had been
two fires in aisle seven and a third fire in aisle six, next to the cooler in aisle six. Officer
Kleinfeldt reports he saw damaged plastic packages
of food on one of the shelves. The
defendant and other employees said they did not know how the fire started. Officer
Kleinfeldt reports he spoke to the fire department investigator who said the fires seemed
suspicious because there were no nearby sources of ignition in the coolers.
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4) Officer Kleinfeldt reports he spoke to Ashley Karrmann who said the defendant was
going to be fired later in the day because he had previously stolen from Wal-Mart. Officer
Kleinfeldt reporls he viewed video surveillance from Wal-Mart which showed the defendant
open the cooler door and then light an item on fire on one of the top shelves and then
showed the fire spread. Officer Kleinfeldt reports the defendant later admitted he started
all three fires. The defendant said he was upset that Wal-Mart
gave him an absent day
when he went to the hospital for kidney stones and that he thought he might
get fired for
using too many. The defendant said he started the fires for
"getting
revenge" and because
they were
"screwing
him".
5) Officer Kleinfeldt reports the value of items damaged from the fire was $2,132.60.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
and approved for filing on:
This /D
dayof April, 2014.
State Bar No. for Assigned DfuADA: 1067866
AsEistant District Atto rneY
0312412014