Charges in election day tire slashing

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting "Charges imminent in election day tire slashing".

What is sure to go down as the most exhaustive and publicized investigation of tire slashings in Milwaukee history will soon end with felony charges - possibly by the end of the week.

Sources close to the probe said this week that officials have finished questioning everybody involved in the election day incident, including Democratic Party staffers in New York, Virginia, Georgia and Maryland. Those activists had traveled to Milwaukee to help with Sen. John Kerry's unsuccessful presidential campaign.

The two most high-profile suspects - Michael Pratt, son of former Acting Mayor Marvin Pratt, and Sowande Omokunde, son of U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore - are still in the mix of those who could face charges.

After all of the police and FBI interviews, sources have indicated that no out-of-state individuals are expected to be charged with slashing the tires of 20 vans and cars rented by the state Republican Party to schlep party faithful to the polls. That seems to mean that Virginia resident Opel Simmons III, the first guy arrested in the case, can breathe easy.

And as Michelle Malkin notes:

For some reason, not a peep about these crimes has been heard from the count-every-vote-enfranchise-the-disenfranchised hounds. Sen. Boxer, where are your tears?

Where indeed.
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