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Greenfield Man Charged With Beating Another Man at a Franklin Motel

The suspect began to hit the victim in the face after finding him in the back seat of a car with his sister.

A 21-year-old Greenfield man is facing charges after he attacked another man he found in the back seat of a car with his sister in the parking lot of a Franklin motel.

Steven M. Janczak was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court on Thursday with one count of battery. If convicted, he faces up to nine months in prison and $10,000 in fines.

According to the criminal complaint:

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On Saturday, the victim was in the back seat of a car with Janczak’s sister in the parking lot of the El Rancho Motel, 8973 S. 27th St., when suddenly the door opened and he was hit in the face five or six times. He was able to get Janczak in a bear hug which stopped the attack, but the victim suffered a cut lip that required three stitches.

Janczak admitted to the attack to police and said he was sorry. He will make his initial appearance in court Tuesday.

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