Sunday, May 20, 2012
To increase safety belt use, law enforcement officers throughout Wisconsin will be patrolling city streets, rural roads, and major highways—day and night—during the Click It or Ticket mobilization from May 21 to June 3.
Editor's Note: The following Letter to the Editor was provided to Patch via Wisconsin Department of Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb. Dear Editor, Traffic deaths in Wisconsin so far this year have increased compared with the same time last year. Tragically, in all too many of these recent deadly crashes, the drivers and passengers may have survived if they had been buckled up. It is a proven fact that wearing a safety belt will effectively protect you from being ejected from a vehicle or thrown around violently inside during a crash and possibly hitting another vehicle occupant with massive force. Wearing a safety belt at all times is common sense, so it’s hard to understand why approximately one out of five motorists in our state …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The latest reports from the Whitefish Bay Police Department.
A 39-year-old Milwaukee man was taken into custody for disorderly conduct after he was seen urinating in public on East Silver Spring Drive at Santa Monica Boulevard at 11:16 p.m. Friday. He was issued a municipal citation and dropped off at his residence in Milwaukee. In other Whitefish Bay police news:
Suspect, 58, is pulled over after a police officer sees her fail to come to a complete stop at a stop sign.
A 58-year-old Whitefish Bay woman's blood alcohol content was more than double the legal limit when she was arrested on her third drunken driving offense Friday night. Sherry A. C. Wulff was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Saturday with one count of third offense operating while intoxicated. If convicted, she faces up to one year in county jail and $2,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: A driver in Whitefish Bay called police Friday after he spotted Wulff driving erratically through the village and an officer found her near North Ardmore Avenue and East Fairmount Avenue. Wulff failed to come to a complete stop at a stop sign and was then pulled over. Wulff had bloodshot eyes and smelled of alcohol. She failed field…
Monday, May 14, 2012
On one hand, you've got iPads and text messages. On the other hand, good old screwdrivers. The common theme is the strangeness found in the police files and court complaints.
If you think nothing interesting ever happens in the burbs, think again. Patch is highlighting some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our feature, "OMG PD." Two thieves caught by Wauwatosa police believed that the screwdrivers, wallet, cell phone, clothing, the other screwdrivers, marijuana, black gloves and ski mask didn’t get them in trouble. It was the iPad. Sometimes, figuring out the relationship between odd items people steal from grocery or convenience stores is a puzzler. Other times, it takes just a second. Greenfield police were prepared to arrest a 19-year-old Milwaukee man for marijuana possession. Then he received a text message. Possession is nine-tenths of the law. Here’s the other 10 …
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The latest in Whitefish Bay police reports also includes a report of a man who was cited for looking in house windows last week.
Twitter is a social networking tool that connects people across the world through real-time communication, but last week, two Whitefish Bay High School students used the social network to start a fight. A 16-year-old Milwaukee boy suffered head injuries, a facial contusion and a nose fracture after a fight with a 16-year-old Glendale boy after school on April 30. When police arrived, the Milwaukee boy was lying on the ground, semi-conscious with blood coming from his nose and ear. The boy's mother declined medical transport and drove him to the hospital herself. According to a police report, the fight started Friday, when the Milwaukee boy tweeted that he could steal the Glendale boy's girlfriend from him. The two tweeted at each other …
Monday, May 7, 2012
Stories of people doing themselves far more harm than good.
If you think nothing interesting ever happens in the burbs, think again. Patch is highlighting some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our feature, "OMG PD." Justin Bieber Hair-Alike Told to Move On A man whose 'do reminded the caller of Justin Bieber was told by Greenfield Police to leave the trees alone. He'd been practicing his karate moves on the flora. Drive-Thru Hair Cuts, Anyone? A Muskego barber quipped he would start offering that service after a woman crashed her SUV through his front window. The woman blamed the crash on her wedge heel shoe. Your Own Worst Enemy A Waukesha South student got into a Facebook flap with another student, and decided to get physical. Then he had someone record …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Whitefish Bay police originally arrested the man in connection to a strong arm robbery at Harder's Shell station.
A Whitefish Bay man is facing drug charges after he was arrested in Milwaukee on suspicion of being involved in a robbery. Scott Lee Sanford Jr., 27, was originally sought by Whitefish Bay police in connection with a strong arm robbery at Harder's Shell service station at 303 E. Hampton Road on Monday. A gas station employee stated that a subject threatened to beat him and took $454 in cash from the register, according to police reports. On Tuesday, Whitefish Bay police arrested Sanford in the 5700 block of North 39th Street in Milwaukee. Although there was insufficient evidence to charge Sanford in the robbery, officers discovered marijuana in his front pocket. Sanford was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Friday with one count of…
Monday, April 30, 2012
The latest reports from the Whitefish Bay Police Department also include a stolen tree and a suspicious man looking through vehicles late at night.
A little bit of wildlife made its way to the Bayshore Town Center area Saturday morning. Three police officers responded to the corner of Lydell Avenue and Day Street at 9:20 a.m. Saturday on report of a mother Mallard duck in distress over 10 chicks falling in a storm grate. Police were able to remove seven of the 10 chicks with a net, but police officers and Wisconsin Humane Society workers were unable to locate the remaining three chicks in the next level of the sewer. In other Whitefish Bay police news:
The parent of almost anyone between the ages of 5 and 25 will read the first item, nod, and say 'Yep, that sounds familiar.'
If you think nothing interesting ever happens in the burbs, think again. Every week Patch highlights some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our feature, "OMG PD." Ladies and gentlemen, may we present: The Entitlement Generation, personified. While Oak Creek police waited for a tow truck to impound an abandoned car they believe was used in several scrap metal thefts, they received the kind of gift that only comes to cops who say their prayers and take their vitamins. How many times has the phrase “I met her on Craigslist” had a positive result? Less often than it’s turned out like this, probably. A Pizza Hut customer in Port Washington confused “funny” with “creepy” and earned the attention of police. …
Thursday, April 26, 2012
The latest reports from the Whitefish Bay Police Department.
Five teenagers were cited for underage drinking Saturday night on the 4800 block of North Larkin Street. Police were called to the house at 11:17 p.m. when a girl was heard screaming in an argument with her boyfriend. Both the boy and girl had left by the time police arrived. In other Whitefish Bay police news:
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