Suspect in death of woman from Loda pleads innocent

KENOSHA, Wis. – A Wisconsin man accused of running over a former Loda resident with a car last month after she fell off the vehicle's hood pleaded innocent to charges of homicide by negligent driving and hit-and-run involving death Wednesday in Kenosha County Circuit Court.

A jury trial for Thomas J. Sillcocks, 37, of Kenosha, Wis., could be scheduled during a final pretrial hearing to be held at 9 a.m. May 22 in Judge S. Michael Wilk's courtroom, said Kenosha County Assistant District Attorney Mark Dooley.

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