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. 5 — Dog Incident Victim Lied to Police About How it Happened Shorewood police canvassed the village for a 60-pound black dog with a white chest following a report the canine mauled a local woman. However, after receiving treatment and being released from a local hospital, the victim's original story — that the dog was loose and unfamiliar — was shown to be false. On June 14, police were told the victim, a 31-year-…
Shorewood police say a Shorewood woman who was mauled on Milwaukee's east side — not here as originally believed — has been released from the hospital after treatment. She also lied to police about how the incident unfolded.
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Friday, June 15, 2012
Shorewood police say a Shorewood woman who was mauled on Milwaukee's east side — not here as originally believed — has been released from the hospital after treatment. She also lied to police about how the incident unfolded.
A 31-year-old Shorewood woman who was mauled by a dog late Thursday afternoon has been released from a local hospital, according to police. But her original story — that the dog was loose and unfamiliar — has been shown to be false. According to Milwaukee police, the woman was a professional dog walker, walking the dog in question on Milwaukee's east side at East Locust Street and Shepard Avenue. The dog became startled and bit the woman, causing her injuries. She told medical personnel at the hospital where she sought treatment that she was bit by a dog in Shorewood, to protect the canine from being put down. She originally said the dog was loose, and as she was bending down to check its collar, when the dog attacked. Police were led to …
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9:40 am on Saturday, June 16, 2012
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