Crime Time: Man Ditches Cab Fee, Retail Thefts at Pick 'n Save

After a Super Bowl party, a 26-year-old Shorewood man was arrested after he allegedly ditched a $17.50 fee for a yellow taxi cab ride to , 4015 N. Oakland Ave. The man asked the cab driver for a ride to the bank on the morning of Feb. 7 but when they arrived, the bank was closed and the man jumped out without paying cab fee.

However, the driver wasn't going to let the man ditch without paying and drove after him, keeping him in the area long enough for police to show up. The man admitted he had some alcohol at the Super Bowl party and was cited by police for the incident.

Also in the police reports:

• Security at , 4145 N. Oakland Ave., recognized a 20-year-old Milwaukee man and called Shorewood police Saturday after he had been spotted three days in a row, allegedly walking out with liquor without paying. Police say he was caught on surveillance on Thursday removing two bottles of alcohol, concealing them in a backpack and walking out of the store. He did the same on Friday, and then Saturday was trying to walk out with a bottle of Absolut Vodka and Barcardi Razz Rum when security recognized him. The man was arrested and issued three citations for retail theft.
• A 65-year-old man received two packs of Pall Mall cigarettes Feb. 1 from the service counter at Pick ‘n Save, 4145 N. Oakland Ave., then left without paying, police say. He returned Tuesday for two more packs, but was arrested by Shorewood police after security reported he was back for more.
• Shorewood police pulled over a driver Sunday in the 3900 block of North Lake Drive for suspended registration and suspicion of operating while intoxicated. Police said the 23-year-old Milwaukee woman had bloodshot eyes, spoke with a heavy slur and smelled like intoxicants. She was transported to the Shorewood Police Department where she failed a field sobriety test and refused to do complete breathalyzer test. She was cited for operating while intoxicated.