Plea deal reached in case against former Walker aide

A plea agreement has been reached in the felony embezzlement case against Timothy D. Russell, a former aide to Gov. Scott Walker. Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf said Monday a hearing on the plea deal is set for Thursday but declined to discuss terms of the deal. Russell's lawyer, Parker Mathers, didn't immediately return a phone call late Monday. Russell, 49, was charged in January with embezzling more than $20,000 from a veterans group through a nonprofit organization that Walker assigned him to lead. Full Story: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel