Wausau Man Appears in Marathon County Court for Shooting Incident That Resulted in the Death of Another Man

Friday, October 10th, 2025 -- 11:01 AM

(Mike Leischner, WSAU) Bond has been set at $1 million for the man accused of killing 31-year-old Jacob Socha during an argument in September.

According to Mike Leischner with WSAU, Dustin Stinson appeared in court on Thursday, where he waived a reading of the criminal complaint. A judge then set the cash bond. Stinson is accused of shooting Socha on September 14th at a home in the Lazy Acres mobile home park near the business campus.

Officers immediately named the 34-year-old as a person of interest and took him into custody a few hours later. Socha died a few days later. Officers didn’t formally announce charges against Stinson until early October. The most serious charge, first-degree intentional homicide, carries a mandatory life sentence.

Stinson also faces felony counts of tampering with a GPS monitoring device and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Misdemeanor charges against him include violation of a domestic abuse order, criminal damage to property, and multiple counts of bail jumping.

He’ll return to court for a pretrial conference on October 14th and a preliminary hearing on October 20th.

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