Crime & Safety
Police: Man Charged with Sexual Assault in Milwaukee, Also Suspect in Shorewood Incident
Shorewood police say a man charged in a Milwaukee incident is a suspect in a June incident, where a man exposed himself and then suddenly assaulted a woman as she waited at a Oakland Avenue bus stop.
A 23-year-old West Allis man charged with sexual assault of a woman at a Milwaukee bus stop, is also a suspect in , local police confirmed Wednesday.
The man, who Shorewood Patch is not naming because he hasn’t been formally charged in the Shorewood incident, is alleged to have grabbed a woman and touched her inappropriately at a bus stop in the 400 block of W. Lincoln Ave. on July 27, according to Milwaukee police.
The Shorewood incident occurred just after midnight on June 17 at a bus stop in the 3900 block of North Oakland Avenue.
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The victim told police a man approached her who was noticeably intoxicated and offered her a beer from a plastic bag full of Miller Lites; she responded no.
The man then exposed himself to her before suddenly assaulting her, and demanding she hand over her cell phone.
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The woman fought back and the man eventually gave up and fled southbound on Oakland Avenue on a bicycle.
Milwaukee police say they are determining whether the suspect is linked to incident in Bay View and South Milwaukee.
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