Cops Return Stritch Student to Dorm After Arresting Him for Possession

The 19-year-old from Chilton had been pulled over for a burned out headlight. Police say the car he was driving reeked of marijuana when they pulled him over.

A 19-year-old Chilton man got a ride back to his dorm at Cardinal Stritch University after he was arrested by Bayside police for possession of THC.  A Bayside officer was parked at the North Shore Fire Station No. 5 on Brown Deer Road when a car passed him with a burned out headlight. Police pulled the car over and when he went to talk to the driver, the officer immediately smelled marijuana coming from inside the car, the report said. When asked if he’d been smoking, the driver only said “cigarettes." The officer told the driver he could smell the marijuana, but the driver denied smoking any marijuana or having any inside the car, according to the report.  Police searched the car and found a red, Nat Sherman Classic cigarette box under …

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Weird Crime in Fox Point and Bayside

From volunteering weed stashes to police, to a local family catching naked teens in a lewd act - all that and more in Fox Point and Bayside's Weird Crime.

Police Report: A Pot Pullover in Fox Point

These two kept telling police there was nothing in the car, but officers found a couple of pipes, prescription bottle and a baggie with marijuana in it.

A 17 and 18-year-old were both arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia after Fox Point police found rolling papers, a pipe and more in the car.  According to the report: A Fox Point officer was watching traffic in the 7700 block of North Port Washington Road around midnight on June 8 when he noticed a vehicle without the taillights on. The officer pulled it over and immediately noticed the smell of burned marijuana. Officers asked the driver, an 18-year-old from Fox Point, if there were any narcotics in the car and if he’d been smoking. He looked away and said there was nothing illegal in the car. The officer said he could smell the marijuana and the driver said he’d just left a party where people were smoking so it was coming from …

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Car Full of North Shore Teens Busted With Pot Brownies, a Bong and Liquor

One of the girls had her drugs hidden away precariously in a pastel-colored, zippered make-up case and her glass pipe in a multicolored jewelry box.

Four teens got more than they bargained for when officers caught them with a car full of drug paraphernalia and a half-eaten pan of pot brownies. According to the report: While on patrol in the 7600 block of North Port Washington Road at 2 a.m. on March 9, a Fox Point police officer noticed a car turn quickly onto West Bayfield Road, driving down the wrong side and then straddling the center-line. When the officer began speaking with the driver, a 16-year-old from River Hills, he noticed the teen had alcohol on his breath. The officer asked if there was alcohol in the car and the he said his parents may store alcohol in the car. When the officer said he didn’t believe that, the passenger, a a 17-year-old from Glendale, opened up the glove …

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Bayside Police Bust Woman With a Blunt in Her Lap

She also had a marijuana grinder just hanging out in the center console.

A 27-year-old Milwaukee woman was busted by Bayside police after she made an illegal U-turn at Brown Deer and Port Washington Roads at 3:10 a.m. on Saturday - but it wasn't the U-turn that got her arrested.  According to the report: Officers pulled her over and while she was searching for her license, they noticed something that looked like a marijuana grinder in the front console. When asked what it was, the woman paused and looked down for a bit. They asked her again what it was, and she still didn’t answer. While the conversation continued, officers noticed she had a small “blunt” in her lap. She handed both the grinder and blunt over to officers. She passed the field sobriety tests, but was arrested for the drug items that were in he …

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Milwaukee Man Admits to Police He Smoked a Bowl

He then droped an 'F bomb' when officers say they need a blood test.

A 24-year-old Milwaukee man was very forthcoming with officers when they arrested him for marijuana posession; he admitted that he'd just "smoked a bowl," and handed over the pot. According to the report: Fox Point police received a call that several people were smoking marijuana inside a parked car outside McDonald's, 8739 N. Port Washington Rd. just before 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6. The officer found the vehicle and approached the driver. As the officer leaned down to speak to the driver, he could smell marijuana. According to the report, the driver’s eyes were glossy and bloodshot. The officer asked if he’d been smoking pot and he said, “No.” When the officer said he could smell it, he said, “I smoked a bowl.” The driver then reached down into …

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Crime Corner: More Vandalism at Stritch, OWI and a Missing Snowblower

Reports from the Fox Point and Bayside Police Departments.

A Fox Point officer was patrolling the area around Cardinal Stritch University at 1:40 a.m. Sept. 6, when a security guard flagged him down to report another vandalism incident. The guard told the officer an unknown person had damaged the wires of a fire alarm pull switch near Bonaventure Hall. The report says the wires were covered by a a wire guard which appeared to have been pulled away from the wall, leaving the wires exposed from where they would normally enter the floor. Another security guard said he discovered the damaged wires. He said around 12:45 a.m. while in the Powerhouse building, he noticed that the fire alarm was activating. He said he began to search the campus for the alarm location and at around 1:05 a.m., he noticed …

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Crime Corner: Drugs, Drunk Driving and Trespassing

Reports from the Fox Point and Bayside police departments.

After yelling at his friend for letting officers search their vehicle, a Grafton teen was arrested when that search turned up marijuana. On Aug. 24, the car turned into The Shul Center, 8825 N. Lake Dr., however, at 2:20 a.m. the church is closed. After the car made a few quick turns down some local streets including Pelham Parkway and Buttles Place, Fox Point police put on their blue and reds and pulled the vehicle over. The driver, an 18-year-old Mequon man, did not have any warrants or a criminal record. However, the passenger, later identified as a 16-year-old Grafton teen, only could verbally identify himself as he did not have a drivers license. The driver provided the passenger's date of birth to the officer, however it was …

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Extra Cheese and a Side of Weed

Glendale man tells officers he gets his stash from the east side.

At 11:17 p.m. Saturday, Bayside and River Hills police received a call of an erratic driver. A short time later, they found the vehicle, with a matching description and plates, parked outside of a home in the 800 block of East Brown Deer Road. Two people were walking away from the car when officers pulled up; the driver was an 18-year-old Glendale man. Because the complaint was for an erratic driver, officers asked the man if he'd been drinking. The man said no, but when the driver opened the door to his car, officers could smell what really could have caused the erratic driving — marijuana. When asked if he’d been smoking, he said he had earlier and immediately produced a baggy that held a green leafy substance that, according to the …

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