Crime & Safety

Woman Steals Car, Crashes in Fox Point Driveway

An argument over rent causes the passenger of a vehicle to steal the vehicle and eventually crash into a Fox Point driveway.

An argument between two women led one of them to steal the other's vehicle, drive it north to Fox Point and crash it in a driveway on Bergen Drive.

The confrontation started while they were driving on Capitol Drive the afternoon of March 11. After a heated argument about their friends and rent money, the driver of the vehicle, a Ford Taurus, demanded the passenger get out of her car at the Port Washington Road intersection.

When the passenger refused to get out of the car, the driver took the other woman's wallet and approached a nearby Chevy Tahoe. The driver of the Tahoe agreed to let the woman use her cell phone to call the police. During this conversation, the passenger got into the driver's seat of the Taurus and drove away.

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The Tahoe, with the owner of the Taurus in the passenger seat, followed the vehicle as it drove slowly down northbound Interstate 43, taking multiple on- and off-ramps along the way. The vehicle finally exited on Brown Deer Road and drove south on Port Washington Road before crashing into a snowbank and a parked vehicle in the 400 block of Bergen Drive.

With the Taurus finally at a stop, the owner of the car got out of the Tahoe and broke the driver's side window of her own vehicle with her hand. Meanwhile, the woman inside the Taurus had exited out of the passenger-side door. The two continued to push each other and argue about the stolen wallet and the stolen vehicle chase until police arrived at 2:40 p.m.

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Shocked by the scene outside his Bergen Drive home, the homeowner told police he came out of the house with a shovel because he didn't know what would happen next. His wife and daughter, meanwhile, stayed inside to call 911.Β 

The passenger that commandeered the Taurus was cited for operating without a driver's license and operating without insurance. Police also recommended the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office issue charges for disorderly conduct and operating a vehicle without the owner's consent.

The damage to the parked vehicle in the driveway was estimated to be $2,000.


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