Police Report: A Roundup of Recent Criminial Activity

Sunday

At 7:46 p.m., a man was arrested for theft at Blockbuster, 6102 W. North Ave., after another man waiting in the parking lot for his wife saw the suspect through the window concealing DVDs in his jacket and called police. When a police officer approached the suspect, he dropped 42 movies to the floor. The total value of the merchandise was $893.58. The man had 14 prior arrests for theft and bail jumping.

At 2 a.m., a 22-year-old Wauwatosa man was arrested for disorderly conduct after he accosted a Tosa woman on the sidewalk outside Mo’s Irish Pub, 10600 W. Blue Mound Rd. The highly intoxicated man began calling her names and using racial slurs, so she called police. The man was found to be a fugitive on a warrant for battery from Greenfield police.

Saturday

At 11:04 p.m., a 27-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for carrying and displaying a facsimile weapon after police were called to Applebee’s at Mayfair Mall on a report of a man with a gun. He had been seen in the parking lot on surveillance cameras taking out the gun and manipulating the slide, then putting it in his waistband before entering the restaurant. Police found him there and he turned over a “very realistic replica of a handgun.” He was found to be a felony offender who had prior arrests for carrying concealed weapons in 2007, 2008 and 2010.

At 10:41 a.m., a 38-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for possession of stolen property, possession of drug paraphernalia and habitual criminality after police were called to Home Depot, 4100 N. 124th St., to investigate a suspicious merchandise return. When searched, he was found to have four crack pipes in his car. The man eventually admitted his part as a “return man” in a ring of crime in which thieves steal valuable merchandise, then turn it over to others who have proper identification to make a return, receiving gift cards in exchange and then getting a “cut” from the sale of the gift cards. The man’s 45-year-old companion, also from Milwaukee, was also arrested for possession of stolen property.

Two more people reported that their cars were damaged overnight at Luther Manor, 4545 N. 92nd St. Both cars had windows broken, but nothing was missing from either. The owner of one of the cars said a suspicious character had been seen in the lot at about 3:20 a.m., but police had not been called. Three cars had been broken into there earlier in the week.

Friday

A resident of the 3100 block of Menomonee River Parkway reported that his car had been stolen out of his open garage and that he could not find the keys to it. He later called back to report that he had found the car in the woods across the street. It had apparently rolled out of his garage.

At 10:57 a.m., the manager of Buy Rite Liquor, 6002 W. North Ave., reported that two men had run out of the store with nine bottles of liquor worth $203.31.

At 9:06 a.m., a 34-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for theft after he tried to steal a bottle of Vaseline body lotion and two packs of pens from Pick ‘n Save, 6950 W. State St. He put up a fight with a store security officer and it took four store employees to hold the man down until police arrive.