More than $1,700 in Property Taken in Daytime Burglary

Police say a Shorewood home was burglarized, with entry gained through a rear window, and TVs, laptops and other electronics stolen.

More than $1,700 in property was stolen from a Shorewood home during a daytime burglary on Friday.    Police say there were signs of forced entry to a locked rear window of the house in the 2200 block of East Beverly Road. The burglary occurred sometime between 8:10 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.  An $800 TV, $500 laptop and $150 iPod were among a list of items taken, totaling $1,780.  Nobody was home at the time of the burglary and police have no suspects. 

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A Whole Lot of Naked Going On

So it’s finally starting to warm up in Wisconsin, and suddenly there’s a nudity epidemic. This is our weekly weird crime roundup, OMG PD.

Patch is highlighting some of the more unusual crime news from throughout southeastern Wisconsin in our feature, "OMG PD." Can I get a booth by the window with the view of the naked guy? If two officers see a naked guy and then he disappears, was he ever naked? Ten million organized activities, and these kids play “Paranoia” naked. It’s never too late to operate a widespread shoplifting operation. Seems like everything is being recorded nowadays. Everything. _____________________ The above items are from local police reports and criminal complaints. In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation and not evidence of guilt. The arrested person is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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Search Property Crime Statistics for Wisconsin Communities

The FBI compiles crime statistics annually and Patch has used that data to create a searchable database for Wisconsin information.

Every year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation uses data reported to it by nearly every law enforcement agency in the country to build a report on crime in the United States.  Patch has taken the Wisconsin data and put it into a searchable database. Fill in the name of a community to see the number of reported property crimes in 2011, and click through to learn more about the types of offenses within each community. 

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10:20 am on Sunday, May 19, 2013

You got me there. Should have had my coffee first. Didn't notice Dane is a city also.   more ›

Police Report: Shrimp Stolen from NaNa; Grocery Store Retail Theft

A roundup of the latest from the Shorewood police log.

Six boxes of shrimp worth $180 were reported stolen from NaNa Asian Fusion, 4511 N. Oakland Ave., on May 10. Police say entry was gained through an unlocked alleyway door and the culprit(s) later fled in a silver jeep. Also in the police report:

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$2,500 in Damage Caused during Burglary on Mandel Group Construction Site

Police say the site of Shorewood's soon-to-be Walgreens store was entered, and windows and radios damaged.

Police say they are unsure how entry was gained to the construction site of the new Walgreens in Shorewood during a burglary sometime overnight on Wednesday. About $2,500 in damage was caused to two windows and four radios in the soon-to-be home of the retailer. Police say there were no signs of forced entry.  There were no reports of stolen property from the site.  Walgreens is moving across the street from its current location at 4081 N. Oakland Ave. into the new LightHorse 4041 or Mandel Group development this spring. 

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National Police Week 2013: Candles Raised for the Fallen

People from around the country take part in a candle-light vigil at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial. Milwaukee County Deputy Sergio Aleman was among those honored Monday.

More than 19,000 names of fallen law enforcement officers are etched into the walls of the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial — and more are added every year. The keepers of the police memorial figure one law officer in the United States dies in the line of duty every 57 hours. For this year's ceremony, 321 names were added to that wall. Among them: Milwaukee County Sheriff's Deputy Sergio Aleman, an Oak Creek resident killed in an on-duty car accident last summer; and Jennifer Sebena, a Wauwatosa police officer shot and killed on Christmas Eve 2012.  “It’s real hard," Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke told WISN 12 News. "Even though we’re almost a year removed (from Aleman's death), it still hurts.” Monday night, friends, …

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Wisconsin Well-Represented at National Law Enforcement Memorial

A large contingent of police officers from the Milwaukee area and throughout the state are in Washington, D.C. to honor their fallen brothers and sisters, including Wauwatosa's Jennifer Sebena and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergio Aleman.

Wisconsin had a strong presence leading up to a candlelight ceremony Monday night at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. Dozens of police officers from departments throughout the state made the trek to the nation's capitol to honor those who died in the line of duty, including Wauwatosa officer Jennifer Sebena and Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Deputy Sergio Aleman. Their names are among 321 names added this year to the memorial wall. Just before the Monday night vigil, Jason Newton, a reporter for Patch's media partners WISN 12 News, spoke with some of the Wisconsin officers who were on hand. “We knew all along that Jen earned her place on this wall,” Wauwatosa detective John Milotsky told Newton. “It’s all …

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Shorewood Man Pleads Guilty to Sexually Assaulting Teen

Investigators say about a year ago, the suspect was homeless and the victim's mother allowed him to stay at their home, at which point he had sex hundreds of times with a now-15-year-old girl.