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La Crosse man wanted on attempted murder charge is caught in Florida
Four weeks after an attempted murder in La Crosse, city police informed the public Monday that a suspect was caught.
Freeman Cole is accused of strangling and punching a female acquaintance, after pulling her inside a storage unit on Fiesta Court in La Crosse back on Oct. 3.
La Crosse police said Monday in a news release that he was arrested over the weekend in Osceola County, Fla. The 43-year-old Cole is wanted in La Crosse on six charges, including the attempted murder.
When the woman screamed for help from inside the storage unit, two witnesses opened the unit and saw Cole attacking her.
Cole ran. Witnesses called 911. The La Crosse District Attorney’s office is accusing Cole of 1st-degree attempted homicide, strangulation and false imprisonment.
Cole remains in custody. It is not known when he will be brought back to Wisconsin.