Crime & Safety

Tosa Police Make Quick Capture of Another Bank Robber

Once again, a suspect is in custody in a matter of minutes after holdup as motorcycle officer spots man running and gives chase.

answered an alarm from a branch Tuesday morning and, once again, apprehended a suspect in short order.

The robbery took place at 9:59 a.m. at the Tri City branch inside the Pick 'n Save supermarket at 1717 N. Mayfair Rd., Wauwatosa police Lt. Gerald Witkowski said, and involved a weapon or the threat of a weapon.

A motorcycle patrol officer, alerted to the alarm call and arriving at the scene, spotted a man running from the Pick 'n Save east across Mayfair Road, Witkowski said. The officer gave chase on his bike and then on foot and caught the suspect in a residential back yard in the 2000 block of North 107th Street.

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The suspect was in custody by between 10:04 and 10:05, Witkowski said, and all the bank funds were recovered.

It was the second time this month that Wauwatosa police have put a quick collar on a bank robber.

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On July 13, police of the at 10859 Blue Mound Rd.

Michael R. Leviston, 57, of Hilbert, Wis., was .

As in this case, an officer on patrol nearby spotted Leviston running away from the bank on foot and easily overtook him and put him in custody.


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