Crime & Safety

Police Report: Woman Says She Was Sexually Assaulted

Also, 23-year-old picks up her third OWI; Target employee accused of stealing regularly from store.

At 5:23 a.m. Saturday, a Wauwatosa man called police to report that his wife had just returned home and told him she had been raped by a stranger in a car in the parking lot of , 10842 Blue Mound Rd., during a night of drinking with friends.

The 27-year-old woman, a medical student, had been out with classmates and her husband, and he had left her with them at , 7208 W. State St., about 11 p.m. He told police he thought she was too intoxicated to drive at the time but he entrusted her with her friends.

Her two female friends were then “picked up” by four unknown men, and they all decided to go to Mo’s. The woman said she could not remember what time she got there, what she did or how she ended up in the back of a car with an unknown man, but that he had raped her and bitten her on the lips and breasts.

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She thought her assailant had used a condom, and police did recover a used condom in the parking lot, which was collected as possible evidence. The woman said that afterward the man had said he was sorry and offered to drive her wherever she needed to go. She accepted a ride back to her car, which was parked at the apartment of one of her friends.

The woman was able to give only a vague description of her assailant. Police had not yet located and interviewed her friends or other possible witnesses, but they are investigating the incident as a case of first-degree sexual assault.

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In other recent reports:

Sunday

At 5:54 p.m., a 28-year-old Libertyville, IL, man was arrested for prescription fraud and possession of a controlled substance after he tried to pass a fraudulent prescription for 180 pills containing the narcotic hydrocodone at Walgreens, 2656 Wauwatosa Ave. The man had dropped off the prescription earlier and pharmacists immediately suspected fraud because they were familiar with the prescribing doctor’s handwriting and it did not match. Police were called to make that arrest when the suspect returned to pick up the drugs.

Saturday

At 6:05 p.m., a 16-year-old Wauwatosa boy was arrested for theft at , 6950 W. State St., after he was caught trying to shoplift two bottles of Coricidin cold pills.

At 10:55 a.m., a resident of the 2500 block of North 124th Street reported that overnight someone had broken into his work van by punching out a lock and had stolen a large number of tools belonging to him or his employer.

At 8:48 a.m., police were called to a residence in the 1400 block of Martha Washington Boulevard on a report of a man threatening his roommate with a gun and later arrested a 22-year-old on suspicion of second-degree recklessly endangering safety. Officers recovered a .22-cal. pistol.

Friday

At 7:50 p.m., a Wauwatosa woman reported that some time since 6 p.m., someone had broken into her van by smashing a window, stolen her purse and used her credit cards while she was parked at Bowlero, 11737 W. Burleigh St.

At 6:16 p.m., a resident of the 9600 block of West Hampton Avenue called police to report that while unloading his handgun, he had accidentally fired a 9 mm round through the outside wall of his apartment. He showed officers the exit hole and they checked “down range” but found no damage to other nearby units of the Fountains apartment complex. The man was given a verbal warning for mishandling and discharging a firearm.

At 12:26 p.m., police were called to , 3900 N. 124th St., on a report of retail theft by an employee and found a 20-year-old Milwaukee man being held. The store’s asset protection leader told police that managers began to suspect the theft of numerous video games on Nov. 7 when empty packaging from two games had been found in the back of the store. An in-store investigation to date had revealed the loss of six Nintendo game systems worth $1,019.94 as well as a number of games.

Thursday

At 9:15 p.m., a 23-year-old woman from Trevor, WI, was arrested for her third drunken driving offense after she was pulled over in the 2000 block of North Mayfair Road and was found to be intoxicated. A Wauwatosa police officer had stopped with emergency lights on in the right lane of Mayfair to assist another driver with a flat tire when a car approached rapidly from the rear and swerved around them with only a few car lengths to spare. The officer then saw the suspect driver swerve all the way to the left lane and drive up the curb onto the median, blowing a tire. The officer gave chase and quickly overtook the driver. The officer asked her where she was coming from and she answered, “Kenosha.” He then asked where she was going and she answered, “Kenosha.”

At 4 p.m., a 55-year-old Wauwatosa woman was arrested for theft at Pick ‘n Save, 6950 W. State St., after she tried to leave the store without paying for a variety of items worth $83.72.

At 2:50 p.m., a resident of the 12100 block of West Dearbourn Avenue reported that a snowblower had been stolen from behind his garage sometime since the previous afternoon.


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