Three defendants released on no-cash bail

Kenosha County Eye reported that on September 29, 2026, Circuit Court Commissioner Daniel Kellum released three defendants on no-cash bail. Each could leave after signing a promise to follow conditions and return to court, without posting money. The column describes a 37-year-old registered child sex offender charged with second-degree sexual assault by use of force, a Class C felony, who had previously served prison time for second-degree sexual assault of a child; a 55-year-old repeat offender accused of throwing gasoline through the window of an occupied Kenosha home, screaming racial slurs, and fleeing an officer while carrying scissors and another metal object until police used a taser; and a 28-year-old repeat offender who police said pointed a four-foot wooden stick at people as if it were a rifle, pretended to shoot toward officers, and advanced until the stick was about a foot from an officer's face. He was tased and arrested, and his attorney raised competency concerns. The article says none of the three had been convicted of these new allegations, and that an initial appearance is not a sentencing. The column argues that these no-cash releases give too little weight to public safety, says the outlet has reported other such releases, and calls him "Catch & Release."

This summary states what the linked public record says.

Daniel "Catch & Release" Kellum Needs To Go — Public Safety Depends On It: Opinion

Office: Kenosha County Circuit Court Commissioner

Officeholder: Daniel Kellum

Filed under Kenosha County, Wisconsin .