Crime & Safety
Fake Merchandise Trail Leads from North Dakota to Wauwatosa
After a Wauwatosa man was arrested in North Dakota for sexual assault, investigators say they learned the man was involved in distributing counterfeit merchandise.
A sexual assault arrest of a Wauwatosa man in North Dakota led area police to discover counterfeit clothes and handbags in storage lockers, reported Patch media partner WISN 12 News.
Adrian Williams, 51, was arrested in Jamestown, ND, on sexual assault charges and police also say they found drugs and counterfeit merchandise in his car.
Williams owned stores where he sold knockoffs in Wauwatosa as New Millenium Productions and in three other communities in Wisconsin. He also opened a number of stores North Dakota and Wyoming. The North Dakota Attorney General issued a cease and desist order against Williams and his businesses last week.
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Police searched his Wauwatosa apartment, three cars and four storage lockers that were filled with counterfeit merchandise, according to the WISN report.
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