Loaded Gun Found in Bathroom Stall at Mayfair Mall

Weapon may well have just been forgotten by a citizen, carrying for self-defense, who had to unholster while going about his business.

A loaded, holstered revolver found in a bathroom stall at Mayfair Mall showed no immediate evidence of being a crime or contraband weapon, and may well have been inadvertently left behind by a forgetful mall visitor. According to police reports: At 12:40 p.m. Thursday, police were called to Mayfair after a loaded revolver was found in a men’s restroom on the first floor just off center court. A custodian reported to his supervisor at 12:32 that he had just found the holstered weapon wedged between the wall and a handrail above and behind the toilet. He said he had last checked the bathroom 90 minutes before, at 11:02 a.m., and he was sure the gun had not been there. The restroom was quickly blocked off, and police entered and examined the …

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Mayfair or Square — Which Mall Suits You for Shoes?

If you're shopping for shoes, of any kind, for yourself or the family, is there a reason to choose Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa or Brookfield Square Mall?

Two malls, six miles apart. Mayfair Mall and Brookfield Square are both premier regional shopping destinations, situated on major thoroughfares just off the freeway system.  And each sells a lot of shoes, among many other things. Starting from the bottom — that is, with your soles — which mall would you prefer to shop at for footwear? We do shop with our feet, but leaving convenience of location as your last consideration, is there a reason to visit one mall or the other for preference in selection, fit and price? Shoes of all kinds are sold at each mall's anchor department stores, which are: At Brookfield Square: And at Mayfair Mall: As for straight-up shoe stores, including specialty children's and sports shoe shops, Brookfield Square …

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Woman OD's on Heroin in Mayfair Lot; Boyfriend Arrested

Man admits leaving his girlfriend alone in parking lot, unconscious after injecting narcotic, while he goes inside to flush evidence down the toilet.

A 26-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested Thursday as a fugitive on a felony warrant after his girlfriend, a 27-year-old Elm Grove woman, overdosed on heroin in her car in the parking lot of Mayfair Mall, according to Wauwatosa police reports. Officers and paramedics were called at 8:52 p.m. on a report of an unresponsive woman at the wheel of a car, and they found the woman alone and semi-conscious, pale and “very sweaty.” She could not roll down her window or unlock her door for some time. When she finally did, she was incoherent. Police noted a man’s belt on the passenger seat and several small napkins stained with blood that had been tossed out of the car. While paramedics assisted her in an ambulance, her boyfriend walked up and asked …

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Brookfield Woman Narrowly Avoids Felony Count in Mayfair Jewelry Theft

Tosa police wanted a more serious charge, but district attorney settles for a Class A misdemeanor.

A Brookfield woman could have been charged with a felony for shoplifting a load of jewelry at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, but instead she faces a serious misdemeanor count of theft, according to police reports and court documents. Jane Elizabeth Montgomery, 28, was charged Thursday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with "intentionally taking" less than $500 worth of property, punishable by up to nine months in jail. But according to police reports, Montgomery actually attempted to steal about twice that amount, in retail value, and the department requested a felony count that could have been punished with up to three years and six months in prison. At 9:20 p.m., last Monday, Montgomery was arrested on suspicion of theft from Boston Store at…

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Cops, Mayfair Security Bat 4-for-4 in Corralling Crooks

Mall security and Wauwatosa police round up four suspects over three days who were seen in the act of committing thefts or trespassing.

You never know about the ones who get away without anyone's knowledge, but in all of four incidents at Mayfair Mall covered by recent police reports, suspects who were seen by security were also caught and arrested. According to police reports: At 3:27 p.m. Sunday, a 33-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested for theft from Solstice Sunglass Boutique at Mayfair after she was seen on video hiding a $295 pair of sunglasses in her infant’s stroller. She also had a toddler with her, who was seen to grab a pair of sunglasses and run out of the store. His mother chased him down and returned the glasses, but she did not return or pay for the ones she had hidden. She was located in the food court and taken, with her children, to the mall booking …

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Woman Accused of Losing Head – and Costing Mannequin Hers

A Wind Lake woman is accused of trying to steal three times from Boston Store, then beheading a mannequin while being taken into custody by officers.

A 38-year-old Wind Lake woman is accused of trying to steal more than $500 worth of merchandise from Boston Store three times, then smashing and beheading a display mannequin while being arrested on her third chance. Myadag Jamgan was charged Sunday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with one count of retail theft, one count of criminal damage to property and one count of disorderly conduct. If convicted, she faces up to 21 months in prison and $21,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Dec. 10, Jamgan was in Boston Store with a shopping cart with $559 worth of merchandise in it, and she began to push it out the door without paying for the items. She was stopped by security officers, and Jamgan said she was lost and looking …

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Gary Tefft

10:08 am on Monday, January 14, 2013

When coupons are outlawed, only outlaws will have coupons.   more ›

Restoration Hardware Leaving Mayfair for New Business Model

Company is exiting the mall market to build larger, freestanding 'design centers. It had occupied prime spot for 12 years.

Shoplifting Stop Leads to Narcotics Bust Instead

Repeat drug felon accompanies friend on mall shoplifting excursion – while holding illicit Oxycodone stash and a sales ledger.

  The criminal mind is often devious – but sometimes... eh, not so much. A man with multiple felony convictions, and out on bail for a pending felony drug charge, made the mistake of hanging too close to a companion who stole a pair of sunglasses at Mayfair Mall – while, police say, he was himself holding a stash of illegal narcotics with a handwritten ledger of recent sales. Vaughn Caruth Gilmer, 32, of Milwaukee was charged Tuesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with one count of possession of narcotic drugs and one count of felony bail jumping. If convicted, he faces up to 4½ years in prison and $20,000 in fines. According to police reports and the criminal complaint: At 4:13 p.m. last Saturday, police were called to the area of …

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Nordstrom: It All Starts with the Shoes

From humble beginnings, chain has gained a cachet for its overall quality and selection – yet sizing and fitting of its shoes remains a hallmark that has endeared it most of all.

  When the developers of the coming Mayfair Collection in the Burleigh Triangle first hinted more than a year and a half ago that a Nordstrom Rack store would be a likely tenant, and more recently confirmed it, there was subdued excitement. "Nice to have the Nordstrom name here, finally," was the prevailing sentiment – "but wish it were a full-line Nordstrom store." After Thursday's announcement that Wauwatosa will, indeed, have its wish, a three-level Nordstrom department store at Mayfair Mall come late 2015, the enthusiasm of shoppers is nigh onto unbridled. "Very cool!" crowed Kim Wolff-Green on Wauwatosa Patch's Facebook page. Caley Clinton: "So. Excited." Beth Jaworski: "This is so fabulous! Woo hoo!" And from Carol Knuth: "Very …

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Bren

11:54 am on Saturday, December 1, 2012

As long as the sales assistants are trained as well as in other Nordstrom stores I'll be well pleased. I despise shopping. At Nordstrom I can walk in, tell the assistants what I'm looking for, report to the changing/fitting area, and have them bring items for me to try on. Even tone and shoe suggestions as needed. Some items still are best custom-made but Nordstrom quality is good so items can be…   more ›

Full-Line Nordstrom Store Coming to Mayfair Mall

Sought-after department store will site its first Wisconsin store in Wauwatosa.

Seattle-based Nordstrom on Thursday announced plans to open its first full-line store in Wisconsin at Mayfair Mall in Wauwatosa, the largest mixed-use shopping center in Wisconsin. The company plans to open an approximately 140,000-square-foot, three-level store by fall 2015. Nordstrom will join Macy's, Boston Store, Crate & Barrel, the Apple Store and other major names at Mayfair. The store will be a new structure attached to the mall along the southeast side, between Boston Store and the office center, said Mayfair general manager Steve Smith. "There is now an entrance there, which will be changed and widened inside the mall to accommodate Nordstrom," Smith said. "And, we'll be adding a parking structure roughly between it and Boston …

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