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Battery Of A Peace Officer

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Tosa Man Named in Case in Which Deputy Was Beaten

A Wauwatosa man pulled over for suspicion of drunken driving is accused of resisting arrest after his passenger attacked officer, court records say.

  A Wauwatosa man and his companion from Milwaukee have now been charged and can be identified in a case in which a sheriff's deputy said he was attacked from behind and brutally beaten during a drunken driving investigation. The Wauwatosa man is accused of resisting arrest after his friend attacked a Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy who was trying to administer field sobriety tests, a criminal complaint says. Matthew S. Sleider, 23, of Wauwatosa, was charged Tuesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with one count of obstructing an officer and one count of disorderly conduct, while Brandon Stephen Bell, 22, of Milwaukee, was charged with one count of battery to a law enforcement officer and one count of obstructing an officer. If …

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