Year in Review — No. 7: Elderly Man Rescued from Burning Vehicle after Hitting Several Cars in School Lot

Join us as we take a trip down memory lane and look at the top 10 Shorewood stories of 2012.

As the year winds down, we'll all surely look back at what we've done in 2012. Here at Shorewood Patch, we're doing the same thing with a list of the top 10 local stories of the year.  Join us as we take a trip down memory lane. The top stories were chosen based on page views in addition to the impact it had on the community No. 7 — Elderly Man Rescued from Burning Vehicle after Hitting Several Cars in School Lot An elderly man was taken to the hospital Jan. 21 after he hit several cars in the Shorewood High School parking lot, sparking his car on fire. He suffered from an undetermined medical condition prior to the crash. Around 2:30 p.m., the man hit five legally parked, unoccupied cars in the lot, before jumping the curb and coming to a…

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3 Lead Police On Chase through Shorewood, Whitefish Bay

Local police arrested three suspects after a pursuit resulted in two stolen vans crashing in a quiet Shorewood neighborhood.

NSFD Report: Smoke in a School; More Details From Shorewood Car Fire

The latest reports from the North Shore Fire Department.

Last week, the North Shore Fire Department responded to 129 calls for service, 94 of which were EMS-related and 35 of which were fire or rescue-related. Here are some of the calls from Bayside, Fox Point, Shorewood and Whitefish Bay: Fox Point Bayside Shorewood Whitefish Bay

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Elderly Man Rescued from Burning Vehicle after Hitting Several Cars in School Lot

Driver hospitalized with unknown injuries after bizarre crash at Shorewood High School.

Updated 12:22 p.m. on Jan. 23 with new details from Shorewood police Police say, the elderly man who was taken to the hospital Saturday afternoon after hitting several cars in the Shorewood High School parking lot, sparking his car on fire, suffered from an undetermined medical condition. Around 2:30 p.m., the man hit five legally parked, unoccupied cars in the lot, before jumping the curb and coming to a rest in the northeast corner. Emergency personnel arrived to find the man still in the car, and the car on fire. Shorewood Police Chief David Banaszynski said in a heroic effort, two officers broke a window and pulled the man from the car. He added the car was engulfed with flames when police arrived and any hesitation on their part could…

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5:51 pm on Tuesday, January 24, 2012

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Police Report: Milwaukee Man Arrested for Driving Drunk 4 Times Over Legal Limit

A roundup of the latest from the Shorewood police reports.

Shorewood police arrested a 48-year-old Milwaukee man Monday night for drunken driving with a blood alcohol content more than four times the legal limit. Police received a report of a car driving recklessly near the intersection of East Capitol Drive and North Richland Court at 7:16 p.m. Police located the man in the area, and smelled alcohol on his breath during the traffic stop. A Breathalyzer test revealed the man had a .33 blood alcohol content. It is the man’s first OWI offense. In other police news:

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NSFD Report: Car Accidents and a Dumpster Fire

The latest reports from the North Shore Fire Department.

The North Shore Fire Department responded to 104 calls for service, including 72 EMS calls and 32 fire and rescue calls , during the week of Dec. 12 through 18. Here are a few of the calls from Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Fox Point and Bayside: Whitefish Bay: Fox Point: Bayside: Shorewood:

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NSFD Report: Turkey Grease Leads to Oven Fire

The latest reports from the North Shore Fire Department.

  The North Shore Fire Department responded to 100 calls for service, including 77 EMS calls and 23 fire and rescue calls , during the week of Nov. 28 through Dec. 4.  Here are a few of the calls from Shorewood, Whitefish Bay, Fox Point and Bayside: Shorewood An oven fire on the 2000 block of East Kenmore Place started when the homeowner made a pizza at 9:39 p.m. Nov. 29. She said she cooked a turkey for Thanksgiving which caused a mess in the oven, and the grease started on fire when she made her pizza a couple days later. She told responders that she thought she put the fire out with flour. Crews then ventilated the first floor with a fan and advised the woman to install her smoke detector, which she said she disconnected because it went…

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NSFD Report: False Alarms, Gasoline Fumes, Car vs. Pedestrian Accidents

The latest reports from the North Shore Fire Department.

The North Shore Fire Department responded to a total of 145 calls for service, 101 EMS calls, and 44 fire and rescue calls from Oct. 3 to Oct. 9 throughout the North Shore. Here is a summary of the calls from Bayside, Fox Point, Shorewood and Whitefish Bay. Bayside Fox Point Shorewood Whitefish Bay

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Franklin Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Heroin Charges After December Accident

In a mid-December car accident, police arrive to find a passed-out woman allegedly in possession of two heroin syringes.

A Franklin woman pleaded not guilty last week to a charge of possession of heroin after she confessed to using heroin back in mid-December, prior to a car accident near the intersection of East Capitol Drive and North Wilson Drive in Shorewood. Krystal Hall, 19, waived her right to a preliminary hearing May 16 before pleading not guilty. In the Dec. 14 incident, she is alleged to have used heroin and then started driving westbound on East Capitol Drive, out of control on the wrong side of the road, and jumping over the curb through a construction zone, according to the criminal complaint. The car came to a rest in the intersection of Wilson Drive and Capitol Drive and police responded to find Hall passed out behind the wheel, according to …

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