In one break-in, woman interrupts burglary; in another, police just miss when sent to wrong address; and in two cases, neighbors spot suspicious activity but fail to report it.
- POLICE & FIRE
- Jim Price
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Thursday, December 20, 2012
Wauwatosa residents reported break-ins on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and two involved burglars who were most likely still on the scene. In one case, the homeowner and police believe that a burglar or burglars were still in the house when she returned from shopping, but they managed to slip out without being seen. In another incident, police officers very likely came near to running into one or more perpetrators in the act, but some confusion in the dispatch sent them to a neighboring home. And in the first of those cases as well as in a third one, neighbors saw highly suspicious behavior just before the burglaries but failed to call police. Acccording to the reports: A resident of the 6600 block of Revere Avenue reported that between 1…
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7300 Portland Ave, Wauwatosa, WI
Police are dispatched to address of neighbor instead of victim in this block
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6600 Revere Ave, Wauwatosa, WI
Woman interrupts burglary in this block
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2500 N 65th St, Wauwatosa, WI
Neighbor sees suspicious character but doesn't call 911 in this block
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Suspicious character drove away rapidly when school parent approached him to find out what he was up to, she tells officer.
A Wauwatosa woman told police that at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, as she was riding her bicycle past Christ King School, 2646 Swan Blvd., she spotted a man sitting in a car and pointing a camera at the school playground, which at the time was filled with children at lunch recess. She told police she turned around to confront the man about what he was doing and he hurriedly drove off. She said he was no one she had ever seen from the neighborhood or the school community. The woman, who said she has four children who either attend or have attended Christ King, immediately reported the encounter to the principal, who called police. The woman described the suspicious subject as white, in his 20s or 30s, of medium height and build, with brown …
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McKinley Elementary School
2435 N 89th St, Wauwatosa, WI
Warned of suspicious character
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Christ King Elementary School
2646 N Swan Blvd, Wauwatosa, WI
Man seen surreptitiously pointing a camera at kids on the playground
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