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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Man Volunteers Weed Stash to Bayside Police

When asked if there was anything in the car that shouldn't be, this 20-year-old just gave police a solemn nod of the head, then handed over his stash.

A 20-year-old Milwaukee man voluntarily gave up his marijuana stash when police pulled him over for suspended registration Thursday evening.  According to the report: At 10:42 p.m. Bayside police were traveling north on Port Washington Road when they ran the plates of a passing car. The vehicle's registration was suspended due to emissions. Officers made a u-turn and pulled the car over in the 100 block of West Brown Deer Road. While speaking with the driver, police could smell marijuana emanating from inside the car. When they asked the driver if there was anything in the car that shouldn’t be, he just gave a quiet nod. He also admitted that he had a baggie of marijuana stuffed in his left sock and voluntarily turned that over to police…

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POLL: Would You Turn in Your Child for Marijuana Possession?

Balancing the lesson taught by dealing with law enforcement against the consequences of having drug possession on their child's record is the dilemma facing parents.

The arrest of an 18-year-old in Muskego for marijuana possession sparked a conversation on Patch about the responsibility of parents in relation to their child’s drug use. In this particular case, the teen wouldn’t let police search his car despite their suspicions, but when his mother arrived she gave the go-ahead and the man was arrested and charged with marijuana possession. Commenters raised both sides of the argument on behalf of the mother. Was she a good parent for refusing to cover for her son’s lawbreaking behavior? Or was she a bad parent for saddling her young adult son with a misdemeanor charge that could impact college and/or job prospects? (Or should she have had any say in the fate of her legally adult child?) Tell us how …

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Two Milwaukeeans Arrested After Cruising Too Quickly Through School Zone

When the offenders rolled down the window to talk to police, a plume of marijuana smoke wafted out the window. They didn't attempt to hide the act.

Two 19-year-olds from Milwaukee were arrested for possession of THC after they cruised too quickly through a school zone early Wednesday morning. While heading south on Port Washington Road just after 8 a.m., a Fox Point police officer noticed the car in front of him did not slow down when it went through the yellow flashing lights by Maple Dale Middle School, where the speed limit is 15 mph. The officer clocked the car in front of him going 39 to 41 mph. The officer ran a Department of Transportation check on the license plate and discovered the owner had a suspended driver's license. According to the report: The officer pulled the car over in the 8300 block of North Port Washington Road. All the windows were tinted very dark, so he …

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Fox Point Teen Arrested for OWI and Posession After Crashing into Snow Bank

He told officers he only did one shot of vodka, with his parents.

A 16-year-old from Fox Point was arrested March 2 for OWI after he got stuck in a snow bank when he misjudged the opening in the boulevard along Santa Monica Boulevard. According to the report: It was 10 p.m. and a Fox Point officer was returning to the station at the end of his shift when he noticed a car stuck in the snow covered, grass median in the 7300 block of North Santa Monica Boulevard. As the officer approached the car, a man got out of the still-running car. When asked what happened, he said he was backing out of the driveway and misjudged the opening in the boulevard, backed into the snow covered grass median and got stuck. According to the report, he seemed dazed so the officer asked how old he was and if he’d been drinking. …

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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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Fox Point-Bayside Patch Year in Review

The Best of Patch: July

A look back at the top headlines from Fox Point-Bayside Patch in 2011.

At year's end it's nice to take a look back at where you came, which offers a good look at where you're going. At Patch, July brought a Naval helicopter landing in Ellsworth Park, a fire that destroyed a PAC office, weed hidden in a pair of shoes and the affects of the smoking ban in Fox Point. UPDATE: Helicopter Departs After Making Unexpected Landing in Bayside A U.S. Navy chopper made a precautionary landing because of mechanical problems and left residents nearby wondering what was going on early that summer morning.  "I heard it over head and it sounded kind of loud," said Chris Konnor, whose yard overlooks Ellsworth Park. "Maybe a little abnormal. I was a little scared it was going to fall out of the sky. It was very low." Fire …

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Fox Point Man Charged in Drug Deal Gone Wrong

Suspect and his cousin from Mequon are shot while trying to buy marijuana in a north side neighborhood in Milwaukee.

A 27-year-old Fox Point man and his cousin are facing drug charges after they were shot multiple times while trying to buy marijuana in a north side neighborhood. Timothy L. Burks, of Fox Point and David Anthony Wroten Jr., 23, of Mequon, were each charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Sunday with one count of possession of THC, the active ingredient in marijuana. If convicted, they both face up to 3 ½ years in prison and $10,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Oct. 10, the two men went to go purchase marijuana from a man named “Q” in the 2900 block of North 48th Street, but during the deal, the man allegedly pulled a gun on them and tried to rob them. Burks and Wroten then tried to flee the deal, but Q shot at the …

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Authorities Seek Man Who Escaped from Monitoring Bracelet

Offender was sentenced to 15 months of home monitoring after drug conviction.

The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public's help in finding Jermaine Edwards, 22, who escaped from court-ordered electronic monitoring by apparently cutting off his electronic bracelet.   Edwards was convicted for the second time on possession of THC. He was sentenced to 15 months probation as long as he wore a GPS monitoring bracelet. The Sheriff's Department is asking anyone with information to call (414) 278-4788.

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