A two-week trial has been canceled for an Oconto Falls man facing homicide charges in the 1998 death of Chad McLean.
An out-of-court settlement has been reached in the case of Charles J. Mlados, 55, according to his attorney, George Pappas Jr. The settlement will be outlined at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Oconto County Circuit Court.
“The settlement is definitely in my client’s best interest. It’s in everyone’s best interest,” Pappas said in a telephone interview with the Times Herald on Thursday.
“It speaks to the strength of the case … as the state had seen it,” he added.
According to the criminal complaint, Mlados acted as an accomplice to Peter Hanson, who allegedly pulled the trigger in February 1998. Mlados reportedly helped hide McLean’s body and the gun.
An Oconto County jury in December found Hanson guilty of the murder of McLean, a Green Bay teen who visited Oconto County with a friend on Feb. 22, 1998, and was never seen alive again. According to testimony at Hanson’s trial, the three men were in a shed at Hanson’s Abrams residence after a night of drinking when McLean was shot in the head.
Hanson, 53, was sentenced to life in prison Feb. 27.
Mlados was initially charged with two counts of perjury for allegedly lying about the case to a judge at a John Doe hearing in November 2012. The homicide charge was added in July.
Mlados pleaded not guilty pleas to all counts in September.
In a phone interview with the Times Herald, Vince Biskupic, a special prosecutor in the case, said Mlados played a different role in the crime than Hanson, and this led to the out-of-court resolution.
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