North Avenue Laundry Owner Choked, Robbed in Alley Behind Business
Witnesses give chase, but suspect slips away without his slipper.
The owner of a North Avenue business fell victim Friday night to a robber who grabbed him from behind, took his cash and ran off past a group of witnesses, some of whom gave chase.
At 9:19 p.m., the owner of Bond Maytag Laundromat, 6707 W. North Ave., a Wauwatosa resident, called police to say he had been the victim of a strong-arm robbery in the alley behind his business.
He told officers he was taking garbage to the trash bin behind Shepherd’s Sports Bar, 6715 W. North Ave., when a man grabbed him from behind, put him in a choke hold and demanded his money.
He said the suspect reached into his pocket and took his cash but dropped most of it when he fled.
Several witnesses who were smoking in the alley behind the tavern heard the victim call out, “He’s got my money!” and looked up to see the suspect running past, losing a shoe in the process.
A couple of the witnesses gave chase, but the robber disappeared had a head start and disappeared in the residential blocks to the south. Police surrounded the area but were unable to find him.
The victim and witnesses all said the suspect was a black male in his 20s, about 6-feet to 6-feet-2-inches tall, with a thin build and wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, but none thought they would be able to identify him.
The victim said that in the end he lost only a small amount of cash. Police collected the lost shoe, described as a black men's slipper, as evidence.
pupdog1
5:55 pm on Thursday, April 12, 2012
Chief Weber says this didn't actually happen. It's all a product of our vivid imaginations. Crime has not increased in Wauwatosa.
jbw
2:53 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
Dropped most of the small amount of cash he stole and lost one shoe running away? Hahahaha! If our nation's citizens continue to grow dumber it won't be long before they're all driving off bridges or walking into walls all day.
Ray Ray Johnson
11:33 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
How about a picture of the shoe? It's an actual Cinderella story!
Jonathan Porter
11:33 am on Friday, April 13, 2012
People with such a primitive and violent mindset should not exist.
Alfred
5:09 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2012
This is nothing to joke about Mr Price and others, the owner of the business certainly doesnt like to see his hard earned money tossed on the street.
Jim Price
5:18 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2012
Alfred, I fail to see in what way I was joking about this. I wrote, "He said the suspect reached into his pocket and took his cash but dropped most of it when he fled." That is about as flat a statement as anyone can make, and almost a direct quote from the police report. There's no attempt at humor. And I'm sure the business owner, while appalled by the whole affair, much preferred picking up his hard-earned money as opposed to losing it to a more tight-fisted robber.