Report of a home invasion in progress was a fake to pull patrol officers away from area where a store would be broken into minutes later.
Wauwatosa police said a 911 report of a home invasion early Saturday was a fictitious diversion to draw as many police officers as possible away from a real burglary committed three minutes later at an East Tosa jewelry store. Police still responded to the actual break-in within six minutes, but that was enough time for the burglar or burglars to grab fistfuls of gold necklaces and escape. According to police reports: At 2:41 a.m. Saturday, all east-end police squads were sent racing toward an address in the 1900 block of Pleasant Street on a call from a man who said someone was breaking in while he and his daughter were in the home. The call came in on a 911-only phone. Three minutes later, a burglar alarm sounded from Gold Emporium, 7024…
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The Gold Emporium
7024 W North Ave, Milwaukee, WI
Burglarized after diversionary 911 call
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1900 Pleasant St, Wauwatosa, WI
Home invasion reported here was a fake to divert police
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Police irritated by man's chronic 911 calls for help in recovering his cell phone.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Jim Price
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Whenever anyone calls 911, police, firefighters — or both — are obliged to respond, taking them away from other duties for the duration of the incident. So Wauwatosa authorities are getting more than a bit tired of a Wauwatosa man who seems to think the emergency number amounts to a personal taxi service. According to police reports: At 1:18 a.m. Sunday, a 34-year-old Wauwatosa man was issued a citation — not his first — at his home in the 10700 block of West Keefe Avenue for misuse of the 911 emergency number. The man had called 911 two hours earlier requesting transport to St. Joseph’s Hospital in Milwaukee for back pain. Both police officers and Fire Department paramedics responded, and he was taken to St. Joseph’s. After he returned …
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10700 W Keefe Ave, Wauwatosa, WI
Resident in this block misuses 911 in non-emergencies
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gardengirl
6:05 pm on Friday, February 3, 2012
And they might have helped him had he called the administrative number and weren't busy responding to real problems. more ›