Victim Witness Services

Victim Witness Links

As we continue to monitor and react to the COVID-19 emergency, Wood County recommends people should avoid all non-essential travel and stay home if they are sick. To that end the District Attorney’s Office and Victim/Witness Office is currently fully staffed, but prefer to limit physical interactions with people and encourage phone or email contact.

Office Information

Wood County Victim Witness Services
Wood County Courthouse (Map)
1st Floor, Room 112
Office Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm M-F
Phone: (715) 421-8580

Michele Newman, Victim Witness Coordinator
Email: michele.newman@da.wi.gov

The mission of Wood County’s Victim/Witness Services Department is to provide victims and witnesses of crimes in Wood county information related to the rights granted them by Wisconsin State Statute 950 and the Wisconsin State Constitution.

The Victim/Witness office can also provide information on support services in Wood County, assistance with restitution and/or victim compensation, notification of court hearings and help with understanding the criminal justice system, completing a Victim Impact Statement, and much more.

We are here to assure that victims and witness are treated with fairness, dignity and respect throughout your case.

Justice isn’t served until crime victims are.

This year's NCVRW theme—Seek Justice | Ensure Victims' Rights | Inspire Hope — commemorates the individuals and groups whose advocacy has propelled the victims' rights movement forward for the past half century, inspiring in victims and their loved ones a feeling of hope for progress, justice, and healing.

U.S. Department of Justice Resources- 2020 National Crime Victims' Rights Week (NCVRW)

Helpful Forms

Victim's Rights Request Form
Restitution Information Form
Victim Impact Statement
- Victim Impact Statement Instructions
- Victim Impact Statement Form

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