Monday, January 21, 2013
Youth may face a serious felony charge for grabbing phone out of woman's hand. He was one of a group of five who seemingly conspired to rob her – but whose friends thought better and brought back her property.
A 14-year-old faces a possible charge of armed robbery after a woman identified him as the boy who grabbed her cell phone and wrenched it away from her on a county bus, according to Wauwatosa police reports. At 5:48 p.m. Jan. 12, police were called to North Mayfair Road and West Burleigh Street on a report of a strong-arm robbery and later arrested the Milwaukee boy in the incident. A Milwaukee woman flagged down officers at Kmart, 3201 N. Mayfair, and told them she had gotten on a No. 60 county bus at Mayfair Mall, and that five young males also got on after her. She was talking on her cell phone during the ride, she said, and when they got to Mayfair and Burleigh, the teenagers got up to get off the bus. The second of the boys to pass …
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
West Allis man is mugged from behind without warning on Blue Mound Road sidewalk, while Milwaukee woman is attacked and robbed by an acquaintance at Mayfair.
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
A West Allis man and a Milwaukee woman reported they were robbed in Wauwatosa in separate incidents, although the circumstances were very different. The male victim said he was cold-cocked, knocked unconscious and robbed by a stranger as he swayed down a west side sidewalk a bit inebriated, while the woman said she was robbed by an acquaintance in the parking lot at Mayfair Mall. According to police reports: At 10:22 p.m. Saturday, the West Allis man reported that he had been attacked and robbed while walking somewhere between North 109th and 111th streets along Blue Mound Road. The man was somewhat intoxicated when police reached him at the 7-Eleven gas and convenience store 11216 Blue Mound, where he had gone to call 911. He could not …
Friday, October 19, 2012
Purse-snatcher yanks victim to the ground as she tries to hold on to her handbag, she tells officers.
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Friday, October 19, 2012
A young man followed a Wauwatosa woman from a restaurant and robbed her of her purse Wednesday in a Tosa Village parking lot, according to police reports. At 8:50 p.m., the victim called police to report that she had been pulled to the ground and robbed in the lower city parking lot at 7735 Harwood Drive. The woman told officers she had just had dinner at Café Hollander and was walking over the footbridge to her car when she noticed a man walking in the same direction. She had no suspicions at the time, she said, and thought he might have been a restaurant employee. She continued to her car, she said, and set some leftovers on the trunk while she dug in her purse for her keys. Suddenly, she said, the man appeared next to her, said …
43.04897
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7735 Harwood Ave, Wauwatosa, WI
Woman robbed of her purse in Village parking lot
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
Boy attacked in normally quiet southeast quadrant of Tosa, gives up $1 but is tackled for his shoes, he says.
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- Jim Price
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
A Wauwatosa teenager tried his best to escape a pair of attackers early Friday morning, and he lost a dollar but got back his shoes. At 12:41 a.m. Friday, a 17-year-old Wauwatosa boy reported that he had been robbed and beaten about 10 minutes earlier by two young men who set upon him while he was heading to a friend’s house. He told police he was walking on North 61st Street, just crossing West Wisconsin Avenue, when the two approached him out of the dark. One of them asked him, “How much money you got?” and he pulled out a $1 bill and said, “Here.” At that, the other of the two subjects drew back his fist and punched him in the jaw. The victim ran through a yard toward his friend’s house, but the two attackers chased him and repeatedly …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Carrying store receipts, man is set upon in bank parking lot as he goes to make deposit but battles back and holds on.
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
A New Berlin man who manages a Wauwatosa sub shop was attacked Monday morning by a stranger who clearly knew he was carrying the store's cash receipts, but the victim was able to hold on until his assailant became alarmed and ran off. At 9:39 a.m., the man reported he had been the victim of an attempted strong-arm robbery moments before in the parking lot of Tri City National Bank, 10859 Blue Mound Road. He said he is the general manager of the nearby Jimmy John’s sub sandwich shop, 10919 W. Blue Mound, and was carrying a deposit bag full of cash to the bank. As he passed the Keren Properties building at 10909, he said, he saw a young man kneeling next to the building and they briefly made eye contact. He continued walking but as he …
Monday, August 22, 2011
In first incident, three boys are arrested after assaulting and robbing a 13-year-old.
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- Jim Price
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Three unrelated incidents over three straight days last week involving youths attacking youths are being treated as strong-arm robberies by Wauwatosa police. At 6 p.m. Aug. 15, three Milwaukee boys, 13, 14 and 15 years old, were arrested on suspicion of strong-arm robbery after a 13-year-old Milwaukee boy who attends Longfellow Middle School reported that they confronted him in the 2500 block of North 69th Street and demanded his iPod and his watch. He turned over the iPod but refused to give up the watch. One of the three punched him, so he gave it up and then ran away yelling for help. A passing citizen stopped for him and called police. The three boys were captured five blocks away and the victim’s belongings were recovered and returned…
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2500 N 69th St, Wauwatosa, WI
Three youths rob teen on Aug. 15
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43.060732
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6300 W North Ave, Wauwatosa, WI
15-year-old punch in the face on Tuesday
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43.045341
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6510 W State St, Wauwatosa, WI
17-year-old punched and robbed
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jbw
5:47 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
Aw, how cute. A few more years and they'll have graduated to shooting the victim so they can get the phone and a wallet without being chased. more ›