Wisconsin congressional candidate charged: open records

Fox - Milwaukee
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Oct 16, 2026
We're getting a closer look at the arrest
of a man running for Wisconsin's 6th Congressional
District. He was charged after a road rage altercation
and an anti-Israel tirade caught
on camera last week. Christina Van Zelst
is in the newsroom with the new video of the arrest.
Christina Kim, this happened back on October 8th in Mequon.
We already showed you that video of
the altercation at a gas station that led to those charges.
Now an open records request shows the
interview with police from both parties afterwards.
I was heated because that was a
motion. In an interview with Mequon police,
54-year-old Matthew Arndt describes what was
going through his head during this video.
Arndt is a candidate for Wisconsin's sixth
congressional district. Prosecutors charged him
with one count of disorderly conduct
following a road rage incident at a Mequon gas station.
You could probably even say like these
people are just trying to intimidate a candidate for Congress.
Arndt tells police he thinks he was
targeted because of his stance against Israel
and he's been harassed previously. The other driver
had this bumper sticker condemning Hamas.
I have a feeling that he went out of his way this morning
to track me possibly follow me to where my kids were.
While police interviewed the other man
involved he says he didn't know
who Arndt was and thinks he was targeted because of his bumper
sticker. That man tells police Arndt was driving aggressively,
and both gave each other the finger.
That man, who was not charged,
admits he followed Arndt into the gas station parking lot
and started recording this video. Arndt was later arrested and charged.
Yeah, it was stupid. I shouldn't have done that.
The Wisconsin Green Party says its supports Arndt
in a statement to Fox 6 saying, in part,
we stand with Matthew Arndt, we stand for peace,
we stand for a free Palestine.
Arndt's initial court appearance is scheduled for next month.
In the newsroom, Christina Van Zels to Fox 6 News.
All right, Christina, thanks.
