Police Report: Parents, Don't Name Your Kids After Outlaws

A Milwaukee man continued to live down to his name when he was arrested Tuesday and charged on Thursday in criminal court with his second retail theft this summer in Wauwatosa and, thanks to his growing record of convictions, was held in the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility as a repeat offender/habitual criminal.

At 10:14 a.m. Tuesday, Jesse James Jones Jr., 44, was arrested for theft at , 7520 W. Blue Mound Rd., after he was seen concealing two razors and several packs of razor blades in his pants and then left the store without paying.

Jones told police he steals personal grooming items to sell to support himself and his cocaine habit.

Jones has a record of convictions for felony bail jumping as well as retail theft, battery and possession of drug paraphernalia, making him eligible for an enhanced charge as a habitual criminal.

Jones’ arrest was just one of three this week in which theft suspects were arrested for their second time in less than two months in Wauwatosa for the same crimes, in one case at the same place (see Monday, below).

In other incidents:

Thursday

At 4:13 p.m., a 35-year-old Wauwatosa man was arrested for battery by strangulation or suffocation after he attacked his wife Monday and choked her while she was in bed at their home in the 2200 block of North 63rd Street. His wife photographed her injuries and said that her husband, while intoxicated, had come into their bedroom, turned her onto her back, straddled her and choked her for 10 to 15 seconds, cutting off her breathing.

Wednesday

At 9:55 a.m., a 15-year-old Wauwatosa boy was arrested at for carrying a concealed weapon after police received an anonymous report that the boy had displayed a knife. He had two 4-inch pocket knives in his possession while at school and told police they were for self-protection against bullies. He and another 15-year-old Tosa boy were also arrested for possession of tobacco by a minor.

Monday

At 6:20 p.m., two Milwaukee males, 17 and 18, were arrested for theft after one of them grabbed three boxes of cigars at Citgo gas, 10324 W. Blue Mound Rd., and ran out of the store while the other held the door. They jumped into a waiting car but were stopped by police at North 105th  Street and West North Avenue. The arresting officer recognized the 17-year-old as having been arrested for theft in Wauwatosa on Aug. 14. He also was wanted by the Germantown police on unspecified charges.

At 4:43 p.m., a 41-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested as a fugitive for a felony parole violation after he was recognized in the Home Depot, 4100 N. 124th St., where he had been arrested for theft on July 30 when he tried to steal a large amount of sealant.

At 10:21 p.m., a 16-year-old Wauwatosa boy was arrested on one count of theft of a financial card, six counts of theft by fraud and for violating probation after he stole his mother’s debit card and used it to withdraw more than $600 from her bank account, emptying it, on Sept. 6. The boy said he spent all the money the next day, $400 on clothes and $200 on marijuana.

At 12:44 p.m., a 21-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for theft at Baby Gap in after she tried to leave the store with a pair of jeans concealed in her purse.