Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan leaves the federal courthouse after a hearing Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Milwaukee. Andy Manis/AP Photo
MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU) – On Wednesday, a sentence was handed down in the case involving former Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan.
According to Fox News’ Bill Melugin, Eastern District of Wisconsin Federal Judge Lynn Adelman rejected the prosecution’s recommendation for a 15- to 21-month prison sentence, instead fining Dugan $5,000 after she was found guilty of obstructing federal ICE agents who were attempting to arrest and deport an illegal migrant who was charged in her court. The maximum penalty for this conviction is five years in prison.
The jury had previously acquitted her of a lesser misdemeanor charge of concealing a person from federal law enforcement.
The FBI arrested Dugan last spring after she helped an illegal immigrant, Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, evade ICE agents by leading him to an exit from the courthouse through a nonpublic jury door. At the same time, federal agents waited in the hallway. Flores-Ruiz had pleaded no contest on charges that included three counts of misdemeanor battery with domestic abuse modifiers and was previously deported from the U.S. by the Obama administration in 2013.
Flores-Ruiz is currently in federal custody awaiting deportation to Mexico.
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