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Another charge against Kyle Rittenhouse dropped

By Kaylee McGhee White
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Another charge against Kyle Rittenhouse dropped

Yet another failure for the prosecution of Kyle Rittenhouse: The judge presiding over the homicide trial tossed another charge against the 18-year-old on Monday.

Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder concluded that the misdemeanor count of possession of a dangerous weapon under the age of 18 could not stand because the barrel size of the rifle Rittenhouse carried the night he shot and killed two people does not technically fit Wisconsin’s gun law.

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