The Kevin Lychwick Trial
Court Junkie
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4.8 • 8.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2026
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
After 55-year-old Carlos Maldonado was found deceased behind his apartment building in October 2024, his neighbor, Kevin Lychwick, was arrested and charged with his murder. In this episode, we cover Kevin’s trial, where he represented himself and claimed he was set up.
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| 0:00.0 | The state of Wisconsin versus Kevin Lightwick, 24 CF-1881 appearances, please. |
| 0:07.0 | The state appears by Chelsea Thompson and Dan Tom Bosco, also at council tables, Detective Ben Stern. |
| 0:12.2 | Good morning. |
| 0:13.0 | Good morning. |
| 0:14.0 | Mr. Lightwick, good morning, sir. |
| 0:16.4 | Good morning, nothing, Your Honor. |
| 0:18.3 | I'm not well. |
| 0:19.2 | I need to lay down. |
| 0:20.6 | Okay. |
| 0:20.7 | I protest these proceedings. I'm being railroaded. I am not prepared to defend myself in this matter. |
| 0:26.9 | Mr. Lightwick, we'll get to that in just one moment. |
| 0:29.4 | You hamstrank me every attempt I've made to defend myself. |
| 0:34.5 | It was June 9, 26, day two of the state of Wisconsin versus Kevin Leichwick. Kevin was |
| 0:42.3 | disgruntled at the start of the day, telling the judge that he wasn't well and needed to lie down. |
| 0:48.6 | I am not feeling well today. Mr. Lightwick, I will. You have dragged me here and brutalized me. |
| 0:54.5 | Look at this. Look what they did to me here and brutalized me. Look at this. |
| 0:55.3 | Look what they did to me. |
| 0:57.2 | Offered no resistance. |
| 0:58.7 | They dragged me out of my bed. |
| 1:01.1 | I question your rationality, sir. |
| 1:04.4 | Kevin did not want to continue with his trial. |
| 1:08.5 | Why do you feel that you need to lay down and rest? Because I'm sick. For one thing, |
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