Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Fox Point police made three marijuana arrests in a one-week period, including a Mequon boy whose mom told him he doesn't have to unlock the doors for police.
When Fox Point police accused a 17-year-old Mequon boy of holding marijuana, the boy locked the car doors – because his mom said so. Police originally pulled over the vehicle because it was traveling 38 mph in a 25 mph zone on Yates Road at 5:30 p.m. on March 8 in the 7000 block of Port Washington Road. Fox Point police smelled burnt marijuana when they approached the vehicle, but the boy denied possession of any illegal substances. When a second officer arrived, police returned to find the boy had locked all the doors to the vehicle. Police asked him if he was going to unlock the doors, but he refused, saying "My mom says I don't have to." Based on smelling the marijuana, police placed the boy under arrest for possession of marijuana. …
Monday, March 18, 2013
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. The Tahoe…
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
The latest Fox Point police reports also include underage drinking at Cardinal Stritch University and a domestic disturbance on Barnett Lane.
A 33-year-old Milwaukee woman lost her temper when the YMCA Dunwood Child Care Center closed due to snow last week. The woman took her child to the YMCA facility at 6:47 a.m. Feb 27 only to find the child care center was closed. She banged on the door of the building until she caught the attention of an employee. When the employee opened the door to explain, the woman grabbed the door and attempted to force her way in. The employee admitted to pushing the woman to keep her from entering the building, but the employee also said the woman was pushing her. The woman then called the police to report the employee pushed her in the abdomen. She said she was upset because she needed to go to work and she had no place for her son to go. Neither …
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The driver had a BAC of 0.12 when she was pulled over outside River Point Shopping Center two weeks ago.
A woman was arrested for drunk driving with two children in the car outside River Point Shopping Center two weeks ago. A Fox Point police officer started following the woman's vehicle because it was traveling 44 mph in a 35 mph zone in the 7400 block of Port Washington Road at 3:43 a.m. on Feb. 23. The officer also noticed the vehicle had suspended registration for unpaid parking tickets. The officer pulled the vehicle over at the entrance to River Point Shopping Center in front of Fresh Market. The woman told police she had consumed 2 1/2 mixed drinks of Ciroc vodka and cranberry juice. Her blood alcohol content measured 0.12. The driver was cited for first offense OWI, OWI with a passenger under 16, prohibited alcohol content with a …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Police say the man kept covering his mouth to cover the smell of alcohol on his breath when he was pulled over on Dean Road last week.
A 45-year-old Fox Point man was arrested for his third drunken driving offense on Dean Road last week. A Fox Point police officer caught the man driving 34 mph in a 25 mph zone in the 8000 block of Regent Road at 2:20 a.m. on Feb. 10. The vehicle then turned east onto Dean Road and accelerated to 38 mph in a 25 mph zone. The vehicle was pulled over in the 900 block of Dean Road. The man behind the wheel kept placing his hand over his mouth when he was talking to the officer. When the officer asked why, the man said "because I'm nervous." When asked why he was nervous, he said "because you could be ruining my life." At first he told the officer he hadn't been drinking but later admitted to having one beer. The man, who had two prior OWI …
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
A Fox Point woman's guess about her BAC was surprisingly close to the mark when she was arrested last week.
A Fox Point woman accurately predicted that her blood alcohol content was more than three times the legal limit when she was pulled over on Port Washington Road early Friday morning. A Fox Point police report indicates the woman's vehicle was swerving into the opposite lane while driving northbound on Port Washington Road at 2:31 a.m. Friday. The officer pulled her vehicle over in the 7600 block of Port Washington Road. The driver told the officer she had five drinks earlier in the evening at the Wisconsin Club, but hadn't had a drink since 12:30 a.m. The woman was unable to locate her driver's license and cried several times during her interaction with officers. She also was not wearing a seatbelt. She told police officer that she knew …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
In case you missed it, here's a few of our best stories from last week.
In case you missed it, here's last week's top headlines out of Fox Point and Bayside. To stay up with all the news on a daily basis, be sure to subscribe to our daily newsletter. Coyote Conflicts? Try Hazing to Deter the Beasts, Experts Say About 50 North Shore residents seeking answers to their coyote questions during an informational hearing at Bayside Middle School Wednesday night, where Lynsey White Dasher, an urban wildlife specialist for The Humane Society of the United States, explained how coyotes end up in the North Shore area and what residents can do to protect their pets. Fox Point Cites Attempted Burglar With Trespassing, Littering A burglary suspect that ran away from a Fox Point home was later identified by police because …
Friday, February 8, 2013
A man who allegedly stole four bottles of vodka from CVS last week had more than a retail theft citation to be worried about.
When Fox Point police arrested a 37-year-old Milwaukee man for stealing vodka from CVS Pharmacy last week, they also found a crack pipe in his hand and a small blade tucked under his sweatshirt. According to the police report, CVS employees saw the man steal four bottles of vodka from the store at 4:29 p.m. on Jan. 27. Fox Point police later pulled over the suspect vehicle on Good Hope Road as it was merging onto the southbound I-43 ramp. The man driving the vehicle told police he did not know what his passenger – the alleged thief – had done, until the traffic stop. When police pulled the vehicle over, the passenger started hiding liquor bottles in the back seat. Police found a crack pipe in the passenger's right hand, which had been …
The woman cited for drunk driving on Port Washington Road last week nearly fell over when asked to step out of her minivan.
An employee at Centennial Bar and Grill had too much to drink before driving home last week. Fox Point police noticed the woman was possibly impaired when her minivan swerved and braked to avoid hitting a concrete traffic island on Port Washington Road near Calumet Road. She was pulled over at 1:16 a.m. Jan. 27 in the 7200 block of Port Washington Road. The woman told police she had three scotch drinks before heading home from her workplace, Centennial Bar and Grill in Mequon. When police asked her for proof of insurance, she tried to give the officer a bill from Midas. When asked to perform field sobriety tests, she stumbled out of the vehicle and nearly fell over speaking the officer, according to the police report. Her blood alcohol …
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Police were able to identify the man because he dropped his wallet and cell phone at the Fox Point Shoppes.
A burglary suspect that ran away from a Fox Point home was later identified by police because he dropped his wallet and cell phone in the JK Lee Black Belt Academy parking lot. Fox Point police officers responded to the report of an attempted burglary in the 6700 block of Holly Court at 10:05 a.m. Jan. 30. The homeowner told police he was typing at his computer in the kitchen when he saw a man wearing two hoodie sweatshirts crouching next to the Weber grill on his patio. When the homeowner spotted him, the suspect fled westbound into the woods behind the home. Fox Point police followed the suspect's footprints in the snow, which led to the Fox Point Shoppes, where the man's car had been parked. Police found a wallet and cellphone next to …
Zan Jones
11:38 am on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
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