Police Nab Locals for 2nd Drunken Driving Offenses

After being pulled over for speeding, two local men were arrested by Shorewood police for their second operating while intoxicated incidents.

A 31-year-old Shorewood man pulled over for driving 22 MPH over the speed limit Friday morning was later arrested for his second drunken driving offense. Police pulled him over in the 1100 block of East Capitol Drive just before 2 a.m. He failed field sobriety tests and registered a 0.19 blood alcohol content, according to police.  He was also cited for speeding and operating after revocation. On Saturday night, a 30-year-old Whitefish Bay man was arrested for second offense drunken driving after being pulled over for driving 16 MPH over the posted speed limit. When police pulled him over in the 1100 block of East Capitol Drive at 11:40 p.m., a sobriety test was conducted, which the man failed. The driver registered a 0.14 blood alcohol …

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Six Vehicle Entries Reported Saturday

All of the vehicles entered were in the southwestern area of the village.

Six vehicles were entered Friday night and Saturday morning in the southwestern corner of Shorewood:

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Police Report: Smash-and-Grab Theft in Parking Lot

The latest Shorewood police reports also show a stolen wallet from Three Lion's Pub and an iPod that went missing at Shorewood High School.

A smash-and-grab theft was reported in the Bakers Square parking lot Wednesday night. According to a Shorewood police report, an unknown person damaged the window and window frame of the locked vehicle between 8 p.m. and 9:10 p.m. Wednesday. After breaking in, the thief stole a brown leather briefcase valued at $100. Nothing of value was in the briefcase at the time. The estimated damage to the vehicle is $500. In other Shorewood police news:

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Year in Review — No. 5: Dog Incident Victim Lied to Police About How it Happened

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-…

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Police Report: Fight at Shorewood High School; Car Break-In

A roundup of the latest from the Shorewood police log.

Police say a male Shorewood High School student hit another male student in the face several times with a close fist causing him pain and discomfort on campus Monday at 2 p.m. The victim did not require any medical attention. The fight was possibly caused by a comment about one of the males' mother. Police made no arrests and no citations were issued.  In other police news:

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It's A Rental, Man Tells Police When Caught Behind the Wheel of Stolen Cars

A 18-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of stealing at least four different cars from several North Shore neighborhoods, including Shorewood, Whitefish Bay and Fox Point.

A Milwaukee man is accused of stealing cars across the North Shore, then giving police officers the same story each time he's caught behind the wheel. Dominick Parrish Cole, 18, was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Thursday with four counts of operating a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. If convicted, he faces up to nine years in prison and $40,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 5:45 p.m. on Oct. 23, a Shorewood woman living in the 3500 block of North Lake Drive contacted police officers after she discovered someone had taken her 2008 Infiniti G-35 while it was parked in her driveway. The woman said the vehicle was in her driveway for 1 1/2 hours with the key fob inside and when she came outside, the …

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Kick to Cop's Groin Leads to Charges

A 23-year-old Whitefish Bay man is accused of kicking a Shorewood officer in the groin while being taken into custody.

A 23-year-old Whitefish Bay man is facing charges for allegedly kicking a Shorewood police officer in the testicles while being taken into custody. Robert J. Johnson was charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of disorderly conduct and two counts of obstructing an officer. If convicted, he faces up to 21 months in prison and $21,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: At 4:44 a.m. Saturday, Whitefish Bay police officers were called to a home in the 4800 block of North Anita Avenue after someone reported Johnson was outside smashing the windows out of a car in the alley. When they arrived, they found a Chrysler PT Cruiser with its windows smashed out and Johnson had gone inside where a witness had heard …

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Police: Dog Incident Victim Lied to Police About How it Happened

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.

Join the Discussion on Consolidation of 3 North Shore Police Departments

Shorewood Police Chief David Banaszynski has pitched the idea of consolidating Shorewood and Whitefish Bay’s police departments, most recently in late February 2011, but discussion has now expanded to include the City of Glendale.

Charge Dismissed Against Shorewood Girl Accused of Burying Infant

After daylong trial, juvenile judge says there was no evidence of intent in "tragic case."

The 17-year-old Shorewood girl accused of burying her newborn baby in a flowerbed broke into tears Monday as she learned her fate following a trial in Milwaukee County Children’s Court. The one count of concealing a corpse the girl was facing would be dismissed. "The fact is that not all tragedies are crimes, and I think that the justice system worked appropriately in this case,” her attorney, Gilbert Urfer, said. After 5-1/2 hours of testimony from Shorewood police officers and detectives, the forensic investigator assigned and the father of the infant, Judge Karen Christenson said the state failed to prove both of the two points needed for a conviction: that there was intent to conceal a corpse as well as intent to conceal whether the …

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