Shorewood Attorney Charged With Hate Crime Tried To Change Name
Jeff Arnold 16 hrs ago
Milwaukee County Jail Shorewood attorney Stephanie
Rapkin attempted to have her name changed in
December after she was charged with a hate crime last
summer in relation to her interaction with protesters at
a Black Lives Matter march.
SHOREWOOD, WI — A Shorewood attorney who was arrested last summer after police said she spit at a Black teenager during a Black Lives Matter march recently attempted to confidentially have her name changed, but was denied, according to a published report.
Stephanie Rapkin was charged with a hate crime last June after she was arrested twice following incidents involving protestors. In December, court records show that Rapkin, 64, filed a confidential petition for a name change, which would keep the request from showing up in Wisconsin’s online court records system under certain conditions, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported on Tuesday.
The request to keep the name change kept confidential was denied by a judge on Jan. 29, the newspaper reported. Rapkin filed a petition, which stated that she had contacted the Wisconsin Supreme Court about the name change, but that the court objected. In the petition, Rapkin said that she is continually harassed and refused services because of her name, the Journal-Sentinel reported. The petition also stated she is “threatened consistently” and needs to move where she can be safe.
A judge denied the motion and said Rapkin can re-apply to have her name changed once her case on the charges concludes, the newspaper reported.
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Shorewood woman charged in spitting incident with Black teen tried to change her name
Bruce Vielmetti
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
The Shorewood woman facing criminal charges after spitting at a protester during a Black Lives Matter march last summer recently tried to legally change her name.
Stephanie Rapkin, 64, was charged in June with disorderly conduct, with a hate crime enhancer, after video showed her spitting at a young Black teen who had confronted her about blocking marchers with her car on Oakland Avenue.
She is also charged with battery on a police officer, a felony, for actions she took during her arrest outside her home the next day. Rapkin has pleaded not guilty to each count, and has a pending motion to dismiss the hate crime modifier.
In December, Rapkin filed a confidential petition for a name change. Wisconsin law allows anyone to ask that such a change not require the usual publication notice, and avoid having the case appear in the state's online court records system, under certain conditions.
More:
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2021/02/09/secret-name-change-denied-woman-charged-hate-crime/4448655001/
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