(Kenosha County Sheriff)
A Trevor man had multiple serious criminal charges dismissed Monday after DNA results came back suggesting he didn’t commit the crime he was accused of. Ike D. Miller, 55, of Trevor, owned a bar called Kickstand in Salem Lakes. On July 5, 2023, he was charged with Battery, two counts of Second Degree Sexual Assault, and Felony False Imprisonment. He faced over 80 years in the Wisconsin Prison System if convicted.
According to the criminal complaint:
A Kenosha County Sheriff’s deputy was on patrol on July 2, 2023, at approximately 10:19 p.m. He stopped at the stop sign at the intersection of County Highway SA and Camp Lake Road. He looked across the street and observed two people standing in the doorway to the Kickstand bar. He thought it looked odd and saw the man trying to pull the woman inside of the bar, that had its lights out. The deputy then asked for a second unit to assist. The Deputy looked inside the bar and Miller and the woman were looking at each other. Miller then opened the door for deputy.
The Deputy reported that the woman looked at him and she looked very scared. The Deputy thought she looked like she was about to cry. The Deputy asked if she was okay and she stated “no.” She then mouthed the words “help me” The Deputy told Miller to go outside so that he could talk to the woman alone but Miller just stood there with a blank stare on his face. Miller then pulled a knife out of his pocket alarming the deputies. The deputies then took Miller into custody. The deputies frisked him and didn’t find any other weapons but determined he was highly intoxicated.
The Deputy ask Miller who the female was and Miller told the deputy that she was “a possible girlfriend.” Miller said he did not know the woman’s name. Miller told deputies that he was trying to date the girl and that the deputies were “fucking putting me in a block. “
Miller told deputies that he didn’t know what was going to happen if he took her home saying that “you could get lucky, or you couldn’t get lucky.”
The woman finally told deputies that Miller tried to rape her. She told deputies that she told him to stop at least five times. Miller told the deputies “I’ve met her? Yes! I talked to her? Yes. Was I wanting to fuck her tonight? Yes!” Miller told another Deputy that he wanted to get “laid.”
The woman told deputies that he penetrated her vagina with her his fingers and penetrated her anus with his penis.
(File Photo by Kevin Mathewson, Kenosha County Eye)
According to court documents, on June 4th 2024, the state received the results of the DNA from the SANE examination. There was no male DNA found on the alleged victim and the alleged victim’s DNA was not found on Miller. The state decided to dismiss the charges against the alleged victim’s wishes.
Assistant District Attorney Alexandra Smathers wrote in part “the results show no male DNA being present on any of the areas in which sexual contact was alleged and the defendants examination was clean. Given [my] training and over a decade’s worth of experience in these types of cases, these results would be impossible to explain to a jury considering DNA can linger days on the person’s body, even after bathing and showering. There is simply no credible way to explain this evidence consistent with the defendant’s guilt. As a result, the state no longer believes it can prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt and feels ethically obligated to miss dismiss the charges.”
Miller’s attorney seemed to blame the DA’s office and the Attorney General’s office for the injustice. He said there was a lot of “bullshit” posted on the “Kenosha County Scanner” page that harmed his client. The page is owned and operated by serial arsonist Allen Dunski,
Other Charge
Miller was also charged with Obstructing an Officer, and that charge was pleaded down to an ordinance violation. According to that criminal complaint:
On April 25, 2022, a Wisconsin Department of Revenue Alcohol & Tobacco Criminal Enforcement Unit Special Agent, a law enforcement officer in the State of Wisconsin, received a complaint regarding the Kickstand Bar & Grill, located at 9622 Camp Lake Road, in the Village of Salem Lakes, County of Kenosha, State of Wisconsin. The complaint alleged three violations.
First, the complainant alleged that the business owner, Ike Miller, hereinafter referred to as the defendant, has been buying alcohol beverages for his business from local retailers for some time. Specifically, it was alleged that the defendant was seen buying liquor products from Antioch Fine Wine & Liquors, located at 1180 Main Street, Antioch, Illinois, 60002, on at least two occasions. A subsequent check of the distance between these two locations, revealed that these two businesses are only 6.5 miles apart from each other.
Second, the defendant was allegedly seen watering down liquor products on at least two occasions. This practice is an attempt by some licensed retailers to maximize profits by making their liquor last longer and misleading consumers to purchase more alcohol beverages than they otherwise would.
Lastly, the defendant was allegedly observed refilling liquor bottles with both the same brand of liquor as well as different brands of liquor.
On May 1, 2022, an agent received information from a different complainant that the defendant was allegedly seen watering down liquor products, particularly a bottle of Jameson whiskey. The agent reported that the actions are criminal violations prohibited by Wisconsin law.
The agent also reported that he had prior contact with Miller and his business. On June 27, 2019, other agents with the Wisconsin Department of Revenue executed a delinquent tax warrant at this business and it was discovered during this tax warrant that Miller had been buying alcohol beverages from other retailers, in violation of Wisconsin law, 44 bottles of intoxicating liquor products were confiscated during that tax warrant. Aside from the confiscated liquor products, the defendant was given a warning about this activity.
During another inspection, 142 sealed liquor products were confiscated. In light of the allegations, an agent was informed that the defendant was watering down whiskey products (Jameson specifically mentioned) and the agent located and set aside the following liquor products: Captain Morgan, Southern Comfort, Jack Daniels, and Jim Beam Red Stag. The agent located one open and one sealed bottle for each of these liquor products. Miller’s statements that he had purchased liquor from these two wholesalers this year, and, on a continued basis, was false – hence the obstructing an officer charge. The agent then decided to contact other Wisconsin liquor wholesalers that service this area to see if they have sold any liquor to this business. When Badger Liquor was contacted, it was learned that the last time liquor was sold to the defendant was in February 2019. When General Beverage and Johnson Brothers wholesalers were contacted, neither have ever held an account with the defendant’s business.
24 Responses
Can someone please explain why a “private business” is required by law to purchase products from specific suppliers ? In this case, liquor.
Retail tax is paid at the store he bought the liquor from, albeit in Illinois. No ??
He can water down store bought liquor just the same as supplier liquor. I understand that charge.
But why can’t he buy liquor from a place like Sam’s Club ??
Have you ever seen a guy at Sam’s Club with boxes and boxes of candy and other gas station type items on a big flat cart ? I sure have !
Where’s the Crime ????
It’s so they can get u for tax fraud. Seriously
I worked for a club in Chi many moons ago —- once in awhile we had to hustle cases of beer up the back steps & were told to keep it hush hush ….. I never knew why 😂
As the owner of a business with an alcohol beverage license must buy beer from a wholesaler that holds a wholesale beer permit or from a permitted brewery or brewpub authorized to sell directly to retailers. You must buy wine and intoxicating liquor from a wholesaler that holds an intoxicating liquor wholesale permit issued by the state. You may not purchase or possess alcohol (liquor, beer, wine) from another retail licensee, even if you only hold a “temporary (picnic)” license.
You must keep your current cigarette and alcohol beverage license, and you must keep invoices from beer, liquor, cigarette, and other tobacco products companies for two years. You must keep the invoices in order by company and by date. Alcohol beverage records may be kept on the licensed premises in electronic form only, paper copies are not required. You cannot keep them at home, at the accountant’s or bookkeeper’s office, or anywhere other than on the licensed premises. You must also keep invoices from beer wholesalers, brewpubs or brewers, indicating the value of any signs that they give or sell to you. If an Alcohol & Tobacco Enforcement agent or police officer finds beer, wine, or liquor (or cigarettes/tobacco products) for which you cannot show a purchase invoice, the agent or officer can and will confiscate those items, and you may be charged with a crime.
You may not under any circumstances buy (or borrow) alcohol beverages from another retailer – not from taverns, restaurants, liquor stores, grocery stores, or any other retailer. If an Alcohol & Tobacco Enforcement agent or police officer finds beer, wine, or liquor (or cigarettes/tobacco products) that you bought from a retailer, the agent or officer can and will confiscate those items, and you may be charged with a crime. There is no exception for small amounts. Any alcohol beverages (or cigarettes/tobacco products) purchased in violation is subject to seizure.
I knew there was a long drawn out explanation and I thank you for it.
But what is being accomplished ??
By tracking purchases and sales from authorized wholesalers, what is being accomplished other than making sure the wholesalers stay in business ?
Seems like a captured market.
“Can someone please explain why a “private business” is required by law to purchase products from specific suppliers? In this case, liquor”.
Since Prohibition alcohol distribution has been under the control of ?!?!? Come on now, Kenosha, you all know who.
This sounds like screwed over employee (s) that
decided to get some sweet revenge.
This man needs an apology from all the naysayers who said he was guilty.
Ike is an awesome guy and an old customer of mine. I knew he was not guilty.
You used to sell meth to him??
While he is not an upstanding citizen by any means, he obviously did not commit the crime. The woman should be charge for false allegations
Are people who are falsely accused allowed to sue the person who did that to them? I heard somewhere that there isn’t a law to back up the falsely accused because then people that it REALLY happens to won’t come forward. But it’s okay for the people that sexual assault DIDN’T happen to make false allegations? Makes no sense to me. So glad the truth came out about this one!
It didn’t help for the fact that a so called cop saw him attack her through the window from his car, unfortunately because of that pig saying that, it’s what made people say that
Hi Joel. Bored today and wanting to spread your anti cop rhetoric around? I really hope your or your family doesn’t end up in desperate need of the police one day…
This gal needs to reevaluate her life choices; perhaps being at a closed bar, in the dark, at 10pm on a Sunday night with a drunk isn’t a good idea. Also, making up stories to try to justify your life choices is not a wise design.
Sounds like he needed 5 more minutes to be a rapist. Just dragging her into the doorway was a crime.
Guess country folk protect their own… guilty or not.
This man is no gentleman
Correct. He does not sound like a gentleman. At the same time, she falsely accused him of something that lands him a lot of years in prison. I am all for someone getting charges with a crime that they have committed, but this wasn’t one of those times.
The girl said yes yes yes NO
No means No.
No DNA present does not make her story false, just more difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt.
This guy sounds like a real tool, but he was honest about his intentions. Not sure how the lady ended up in that situation, but better life choices may help her going forward.
Anne Steigerwalt falsely accused this innocent man. She is a habitual drunk and liar. Unfortunately, this isn’t her first time.
Didn’t help for the pig as well saying that he saw it through the window from his car
Joel have you grown bored of posting memes on KUSD related pages? We know you are anti cop. I’d argue that you are the true “pig. I really hope your or your family doesn’t end up in desperate need of the police one day, your kids deserve better fat ass.
This is all a bunch of stupid bar bullshit! Fuck the bar scene! However, he should be able to sue her for false accusations but unfortunately our country is fucked over by a bunch of bullshit laws and red tape created by a bunch of dumb fuck lawyers! Also, in another article from another news source, they are praising Ikes attorney, or he’s praising himself, but either way, what does the outcome of this case have to do with him? Besides for taking Ikes money 💰, and asking for a lower bond amount, what did he do that deserves praise? As far as a bond reduction goes a public defender could’ve pulled that off. As far as the charges being dismissed, there was NO DNA EVIDENCE! Sounds like that other news source is in bed with Ted! 🤔