Police Report: Update on Crime in Wauwatosa

Here's a roundup of the latest reports from the Wauwatosa Police Department.

Sunday

At 5:27 p.m., a 23-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for disorderly conduct at the Mayfair Mall food court after he began yelling profanities at a security guard and then resisted when asked to leave the mall.

Saturday

At 1:51 p.m., a security officer at , 6950 W. State St., reported that after noticing a large amount of baby formula missing from the shelves, he reviewed surveillance footage from Friday and saw that a woman had loaded her cart and left the store without paying for $472.86 worth of products.

A Milwaukee woman reported that at about 12:45 p.m. her wallet and two checkbooks were stolen from her van at Goodwill, 12121 W. Feerick Ave. She and her husband had stopped there to donate two television sets and had briefly left the van unlocked while they carried the TVs inside.

At 9:36 a.m., a resident of the 600 block of North 119th Street reported that some time since 10 p.m. Friday someone had stolen a GPS unit from his unlocked truck while it was parked in his driveway.

At 8:39 a.m., a resident of the 700 block of North 117th Street – just a couple of blocks from the preceding report – told police that someone had entered his unlocked SUV and stolen about $3 in change.

Friday

At 6:31 p.m., the manager of a valet parking company reported that some time between 11 p.m. Wednesday and 4 p.m. Thursday someone had stolen the firm’s valet parking stand from 2201 N. Mayfair Rd.

At 3:18 a.m., a 32-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for drunken driving, second offense, and driving under revocation after she was stopped on Center Street at Wauwatosa Avenue for speeding and driving without her headlights on. The woman was unable to complete a field sobriety test, being unable to follow the instructions, became belligerent and vulgar with officers, and refused a breath test.

Thursday

At 6:59 p.m., a 27-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia after the car she was riding in was stopped following a complaint from a resident. A woman who lives in the 7800 block of Warren Avenue called police after the suspect banged on her door and rang her doorbell for several minutes. She said she could see a car now parked in front of her house with a man at the wheel. She was afraid to answer the door because she was alone, and she called police. Police stopped the car at North 81st Street and Hillcrest Drive. The two said they were collecting money for the United Restoration Church, but the woman was found to have a long criminal history including robbery, drug charges, concealed weapons and numerous prostitution arrests. She had a used crack pipe in her jacket pocket and two steak knives, one in her jacket and one in her purse.

At 6:58 p.m., a 19-year-old Mukwonago man was arrested for retail theft at Pick ‘n Save after he was seen pocketing various items. He was found to have concealed a pack of condoms ($4.19) in one pocket, three packets of shoe laces ($.99 each) in his other pocket, and a can of Monster energy drink ($3.09) stuck in his pants.

At 3:11 p.m., a 48-year-old New Berlin man was arrested for obstruction of an officer when he came to the Wauwatosa police station to report that he had not actually been the driver of a truck involved in a minor accident, as reported. He told officers his girlfriend had actually been driving but since she had to get to work, they and the owner of a parked car she had backed into agreed to say that the man had been at the wheel. He said he wanted to set the record straight because he believed the owner of the car that had been hit was trying to commit insurance fraud by claiming that his truck had caused damage that in fact was already present before the accident.