Milwaukee firefighter, brother charged with beating man appear in court
MILWAUKEE - The Milwaukee firefighter and his brother accused of violently beating a man appeared in court on Wednesday, Jan. 8.
Prosecutors say the man that was beaten broke into their home back in December.
38-year-old Ty Dright-Jackson is the Milwaukee firefighter charged with beating the man.
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Prosecutors say on Dec. 4, he and his brother, 33-year-old Tramel Dright told officers a man entered their home uninvited near 31st and Juneau.
Ty Dright-Jackson
That man, 27-year-old Jalon Nutt, is charged with felony burglary.
Prosecutors say the brothers violently beat Nutt, but Dright-Jackson's attorney calls their actions that day something else.
"I would definitely call it self-defense, defense of others, defense of property and home," Dright-Jackson’s attorney Craig Mastantuono said.
Milwaukee firefighter, brother charged with beating accused burglar
A Milwaukee firefighter and his brother are accused of severely beating a man. The victim, who is also charged, has a history of breaking into homes.
The public defender's office had yet to appoint Dright an attorney at his preliminary hearing, but Dright-Jackson's attorney spoke on behalf of both brothers on Wednesday.
Court filings show Nutt has a history of breaking into homes.
"A Milwaukee firefighter with no prior record, and he and his brother find themselves charged with a crime, because their home was broken into," Mastantuono said.
Tramel Dright
According to court filings, the brothers violently beat the man in the alley – some of it caught on nearby surveillance cameras – and then dragged the man back toward their house, hitting him with a baseball bat and forcing the man to crawl on his hands and knees back into the home.
Prosecutors say the brothers left Nutt with injuries so severe at one point, he had to have a breathing tube inserted.
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"Ultimately, this case comes down to the fact that the state believes a crime occurred because a home invader took the wrong end of a fight, after breaking into somebody’s home," Mastantuono said.
Via a criminal complaint
And while both cases were quickly adjourned on Wednesday, the outcome will ultimately be decided in court.
Both brothers are due back in court on Feb. 5 for a status conference.
Dright-Jackson and Dright were both given a $5,000 cash bond on Wednesday, Dec. 11. If convicted, the defendants are facing 25 years in prison and $100,000 in fines.
The Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office did not provide a comment when asked.