Friday, October 12, 2012
Cop hits lights, driver hits gas, cop gives chase, car crashes, two men flee, second cop spots them, they split up, one fords river, cops and dogs swarm park, man recrosses river and both escape — but probably not for long.
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- Jim Price
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Friday, October 12, 2012
Two men led Wauwatosa and Milwaukee police on a wild chase that started just before midnight Wednesday with a traffic violation, swept through the hills and curves of the Washington Highlands and ended with officers out most of the night combing a wide swath of eastern Wauwatosa for them, without success. However, one of them left a calling card — a Wisconsin state ID. According to police reports, the episode began with an officer parked in the soon-to-be BelAir Cantina lot, monitoring the corner of North 68th Street and West North Avenue for traffic light violations. At 11:49 p.m. Wednesday, a car going east on North Avenue stopped at the light, then proceeded into the intersection when it turned green. But suddenly a blue Plymouth Neon …
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
A 24-year-old Brookfield man ran from police and crashed into Wauwatosa restaurant after he failed to negotiate a turn at 100 miles per hour on Capitol Drive at North 124th Street, charges allege.
A Brookfield man with a February drunken driving conviction was intoxicated early Sunday when he led police on a high-speed chase, eventually smashing into a Qdoba restaurant in Wauwatosa, charges allege. Andrew J. Brumage, 24, was charged Monday in Waukesha County Circuit Court with fleeing police and causing damage, second-offense operating while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle after revocation of his license. If convicted, he faces up to 7½ years in prison and $13,600 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 12:52 a.m. Sunday, a Brookfield patrol officer saw Brumage nearly hit a median several times while driving westbound on West Capitol Drive near North 128th Street. Brumage then ran a red light at Lilly Road and …
Monday, July 16, 2012
A Brookfield officer said he aborted pursuit before the 25-year-old Brookfield man lost control, skidding near Capitol Drive and North 124th Street and missing cars waiting at the intersection early Sunday.
A Brookfield man lost control of his vehicle after a police chase on Capitol Drive, went airborne and crashed into the Qdoba Mexican Grill restaurant early Sunday morning, police said. According to Brookfield police: An officer began pursuing the vehicle eastbound on Capitol near Lilly Road about 12:50 a.m. Saturday, but called off the pursuit shortly thereafter when the driver refused to slow down. The driver continued speeding east before braking and skidding his vehicle near the intersection of Capitol and North 124th, missing cars that were stopped there. It then went airborne and crashed into Qdoba, 12345 W. Capitol Dr. on the Wauwatosa side of the border. The 25-year-old Brookfield driver had a minor wrist/hand injury and was …
Friday, June 8, 2012
In what may have been a foiled robbery, suspects flee from officer who had his eye on them just because of the way they were parked.
A Wauwatosa police officer may have broken up a robbery attempt, simply by using his intuition to investigate a curiously parked car. At 6:56 p.m. last Friday, he was driving east along North Avenue on routine patrol. As he approached the Radio Shack store at 6407 W. North Ave., he noticed a Mercedes-Benz SUV in the parking lot that caught his eye. The Mercedes was facing him and stopped in the middle of the lot. As he slowed and passed, two men got out of the back seat and walked toward the store. Both wear wearing dark hoodie sweatshirts, one with the hood up. The officer turned south on North 64th Street and punched in the SUV's license plate, intending to investigate. As he did so, he heard a horn sound. He quickly turned around, and …
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Suspect and friends intended to use stolen van to scout for robbery victims.
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- Joe Petrie
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
A Milwaukee teen is facing charges for leading Wauwatosa Police on a high speed chase in August that ended when the stolen minivan he was driving crashed into a building at North 66th Street and West North Avenue. Robert Thomas Dawson, 19, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Wednesday with one count of attempting to flee an officer. If convicted, he faces up to 3½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 2:20 a.m. Aug. 2, a Wauwatosa police officer noticed two Dodge Caravans driving from the Mayfair Mall parking lot. The vans abruptly headed in a different direction after the drivers saw a police squad car. The officer followed one of the vans and pulled it over near North 104th Street and …
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Authorities say 30-year-old led police on chase in stolen car before confronting trooper with knife.
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Saturday, June 25, 2011
Authorities have identified a 30-year-old Wauwatosa man as the person who was shot and killed in northern Iowa Wednesday by a State Patrol trooper. John M. Pekrun was shot after authorities say he confronted the trooper with a knife following a chase in a stolen car, according to The Globe Gazette newspaper in Mason City, Iowa. On Wednesday morning, Wisconsin authorities issued a warrant for Pekrun for a probation violation and suspicion of stealing a vehicle. Around noon that day, Iowa State Patrol troopers spotted him and initiated a pursuit that led into Minnesota and then back into Iowa, according to the newspaper. The chase ended in Floyd, Iowa, when Pekrun lost control of the stolen vehicle he was driving. Pekrun allegedly came out …
KKP
6:25 am on Saturday, October 13, 2012
Yep....give the kid a break and stay the sentence and put him on probation. That always works so well..... more ›