Friday, May 3, 2013
Shoplifters all around Milwaukee — and the country — are pushing the limits to get their hands on expensive canisters that are often being resold by other business owners.
Thefts of baby formula have been occurring, well, as long as baby formula has been sold in stores. But a rash of recent thefts in Brookfield, other Milwaukee suburbs and even across the country appear to have escalated in terms of the boldness and brazenness — or maybe desperation — of the offenders. The most recent large-scale bust happened in April when police say Ebony Sims, 26, and Johnetta Webb, 23, both from Milwaukee, loaded 69 cans of formula into plastic totes they had grabbed off the shelves at Walmart in Greenfield and waltzed out of the store. Two days later, the same couple tried again, this time planning a “push out” of about 60 cans before ditching the cans when alerted by an accomplice that police were outside waiting for …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Milwaukee woman is accused of threatening two people with a gun at a Brookfield grocery store, although all she had was a cell phone, according to a criminal complaint.
A 41-year-old Milwaukee woman is accused of stealing 10 cans of baby formula and threatening to pull out a gun on a loss prevention officer at a Brookfield Pick N’ Save on Monday. Andrea M. Dawson, also known as Andrea Threadgill, was charged Tuesday with armed robbery and retail theft. She faces up to 33 years in prison if convicted. According to the criminal complaint: The loss prevention officer saw Dawson take cans of baby formula and place them in a duffle bag. The officer watched Dawson exit the store past the checkout lanes without paying for the baby formula. The loss prevention officer and an assistant store manager stopped Dawson in the parking lot at Pick N’ Save, 12735 Capitol Drive. As the loss prevention officer approached …
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
A Milwaukee man tried to escape Pick 'n Save after stealing formula, but was thwarted by employees, charges allege.
A shoplifter hit a grocery store manager in the head with a bag of baby formula cans while trying to escape the store, charges allege. Nathaniel Wallace, 52, of Milwaukee, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Thursday with armed robbery, battery, possession of drug paraphernalia and one count of bail jumping. If convicted, he faces up to 16 1/2 years in prison and $70,500 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: About 8 p.m. Wednesday, an employee and security officer at Pick ‘n Save, 12735 W. Capitol Dr., saw Wallace hide several cans of baby formula in a bag. The pair recognized Wallace as a repeat shoplifter at the store and began to follow him. As Wallace approached the east doors of the store, the employee tried to stop …
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Friday, June 22, 2012
The latest police reports include thefts of baby power and vodka and suspicious toilet paper purchases.
Brookfield police are working with West Milwaukee officers on possible charges against two men they say stole baby formula from Pick 'n Save stores in both communities. Employees at Pick 'n Save, 12735 W. Capitol Dr., called Brookfield police Wednesday after a review of surveillance video uncovered two men stealing $539.70 in Gerber baby formula about 8 a.m. Saturday. The same two men were arrested Monday by West Milwaukee police after committing a similar theft at a Pick 'n Save there. Other recent activity in Brookfield police reports: Toilet papering prank: After a group of five young women bought "an abundance" of toilet paper at Pick 'n Save, 2205 N. Calhoun Rd., about 8:30 p.m. Saturday and told him they planned to T.P. people. …
Johnny Paycheck
11:00 pm on Thursday, August 2, 2012
The fool could have gone to a food pantry, told them he has a baby and they would have just given him baby formula without question. Anyone that dumb deserves to have to serve the whole 16 1/2 years in prison. more ›