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Police investigate Riverwest armed robberies
Police are investigating two armed robberies in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood and allegations that a group of teens, who might have been involved in the robberies, later beat several people at Reservoir Park.
The robberies happened in Kilbourn Reservoir Park in the 800 block of E. North Ave. at 11:50 p.m. Sunday, and another about 25 minutes later, according to Milwaukee Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz. Authorities don't know if the two robberies were related.
The Journal Sentinel received several tips from people who reported incidents shortly after the fireworks ended, that some people were punched and hurt from thrown bottles. WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) reported that a BP store at North and Humboldt Blvd. was ransacked and showed store video of several people rushing through the store, stealing items late Sunday.
A clerk at BP, who asked that his name not be used, confirmed to the Journal Sentinel that he was busy waiting on customers when one or two people held the door open to let others rush in and steal snacks and candy.
"It's bad, it's bad for everybody," said the man.
Schwartz said Monday that police received no reports of mobs of people committing crimes in the Riverwest area other than the reports of two armed robberies.
On Tuesday morning, Schwartz declined to answer any questions about the incidents other than to say police were investigating all allegations and that the department would release more information later in the day.
The TMJ report also included an interview with a woman who said she and her sister were beaten by a group of teens at Reservoir Park and that some of the teens were carrying handfuls of candy and other products.
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Mom turns in her children who rob gas station
Police and city officials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are praising parents who have turned in their own children following a July 3rd gas station raid.
"We've already seen some success," Mayor Tom Barrett said. "Some parents have already stepped up and contacted police about their children's involvement."
It all began when a gas station in the Riverwest neighborhood was raided over the holiday weekend.
Minutes later, a group of people were attacked by teenagers.
Authorities asked the public to view the security camera images, in hopes of arresting those involved.
"We need parents to make their children take responsibility," Barrett said. "I'm glad to see that beginning to happen."
At least four of the suspects have been turned over to police.
One mother, "Kizzy," was watching the news when she recognized her 15-year-old son.
She went onine and and also found a picture of her 13-year-old daughter.
She turned both over to police.
"These are not the kind of kids that I'm raising to do stuff like this, and I feel like I put all my hard work and energy into my children, and for them to go out into the community and do things like that is just not acceptable," Kizzy said.
The kids received citations for disorderly conduct, retail theft and breaking curfew.
Neither of the children were involved in the mob beatnigs at Reservoir Park.
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Milwaukee Mob Victim Recalls Beating ... 'Oh, White Girl Bleeds a Lot' ...
Shaina Perry remembers the punch to her face, blood streaming from a cut over her eye, her backpack with her asthma inhaler, debit card and cellphone stolen, and then the laughter.
"They just said 'Oh, white girl bleeds a lot,'" said Perry, 22, who was attacked at Kilbourn Reservoir Park over the Fourth of July weekend.
Though Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn noted Tuesday that crime is colorblind, he called the Sunday night looting of a convenience store near the park and beatings of a group of people who had gone to the park disturbing, outrageous and barbaric.
Police would not go quite as far as others in connecting the events; Flynn said several youths "might" be involved in both.
"We're not going to let any group of individuals terrorize or bully any of our neighborhoods," Flynn said.
Perry was among several who were injured by a mob they said beat and robbed them and threw full beer bottles while making racial taunts. The injured people were white; the attackers were African-American, witnesses said.
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Wisc beating victim: 'They just said "Oh, white girl bleeds a lot"' + Riverview Gas Station Mob Raid
Shaina Perry remembers the punch to her face, blood streaming from a cut over her eye, her backpack with her asthma inhaler, debit card and cellphone stolen, and then the laughter.
"They just said 'Oh, white girl bleeds a lot,' " said Perry, 22, who was attacked at Kilbourn Reservoir Park over the Fourth of July weekend.
Though Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn noted Tuesday that crime is colorblind, he called the Sunday night looting of a convenience store near the park and beatings of a group of people who had gone to the park disturbing, outrageous and barbaric.
Police would not go quite as far as others in connecting the events; Flynn said several youths "might" be involved in both.
"We're not going to let any group of individuals terrorize or bully any of our neighborhoods," Flynn said.
Perry was among several who were injured by a mob they said beat and robbed them and threw full beer bottles while making racial taunts. The injured people were white; the attackers were African-American, witnesses said.
Store video of the BP station at E. North Ave. and N. Humboldt Blvd. shows the business being ransacked. A clerk at BP confirmed to the Journal Sentinel that he was busy waiting on customers when one or two people held the door open to let others rush in and steal snacks and candy.
Not far away, 20 to 25 friends from Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood had gathered at the park shortly before midnight to watch some fireworks set off by a neighbor. In interviews with 11 people who said they were attacked or witnessed the attack, a larger group of youths appeared in another section of the park around midnight and were joined by more young people running up the park's stairs.
At some point the group of friends and the group of youths intersected; those interviewed said the attack appeared to be unprovoked.
"I saw people dancing and I figured they were just having a good time," said Riverwest resident Jessica Bublitz, 28.
Minutes later Bublitz saw a male friend hit in the temple and fall down. Her fiancé told her to run to safety. James Zajackowski, 28, said things suddenly turned chaotic.
"Within 30 seconds to a minute, bottles were flying and people started getting punched. I was in shock. I thought, 'Really? Is this really happening?' I was on the ground, people were trying to get into my pockets, I could feel their hands but I held on to my cellphone and my wallet," said Zajackowski, a census worker.
Emily Mowrer, 27, was not hurt but saw her friends beaten and punched and full beer bottles thrown at them. Her boyfriend was punched. She saw Perry lying with blood on her face, not moving. She called 911 on her cellphone.
"I saw some of my friends on the ground getting beat pretty severely. They got away with one of my friends' bikes. Some people had their wallets stolen," said Mowrer, who owns a house with her boyfriend in Riverwest. "It didn't seem like it was a mugging - it seemed like an attack. Like they weren't after anything - just violence."
Andy Lange, 29, a social worker who has lived in Riverwest for 10 years, said one of his friends was hit in the head with a bottle and needed staples to close the wound. Lange said he was struck in the face and didn't even see who hit him.
Perry needed three stitches to close a cut above her eye. She said she saw a friend getting kicked and when she walked up to ask what was happening, a man punched her in the face.
"I heard laughing as they were beating everybody up. They were eating chips like it was a picnic," said Perry, a restaurant cashier. "All I remember is seeing bright lights (after the punch), then my backpack was gone and blood was spurting out of my head."
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Police are investigating two armed robberies in Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood and allegations that a group of teens, who might have been involved in the robberies, later beat several people at Reservoir Park.
The robberies happened in Kilbourn Reservoir Park in the 800 block of E. North Ave. at 11:50 p.m. Sunday, and another about 25 minutes later, according to Milwaukee Police spokeswoman Anne E. Schwartz. Authorities don't know if the two robberies were related.
The Journal Sentinel received several tips from people who reported incidents shortly after the fireworks ended, that some people were punched and hurt from thrown bottles. WTMJ-TV (Channel 4) reported that a BP store at North and Humboldt Blvd. was ransacked and showed store video of several people rushing through the store, stealing items late Sunday.
A clerk at BP, who asked that his name not be used, confirmed to the Journal Sentinel that he was busy waiting on customers when one or two people held the door open to let others rush in and steal snacks and candy.
"It's bad, it's bad for everybody," said the man.
Schwartz said Monday that police received no reports of mobs of people committing crimes in the Riverwest area other than the reports of two armed robberies.
On Tuesday morning, Schwartz declined to answer any questions about the incidents other than to say police were investigating all allegations and that the department would release more information later in the day.
The TMJ report also included an interview with a woman who said she and her sister were beaten by a group of teens at Reservoir Park and that some of the teens were carrying handfuls of candy and other products.
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Mom turns in her children who rob gas station
Police and city officials in Milwaukee, Wisconsin are praising parents who have turned in their own children following a July 3rd gas station raid.
"We've already seen some success," Mayor Tom Barrett said. "Some parents have already stepped up and contacted police about their children's involvement."
It all began when a gas station in the Riverwest neighborhood was raided over the holiday weekend.
Minutes later, a group of people were attacked by teenagers.
Authorities asked the public to view the security camera images, in hopes of arresting those involved.
"We need parents to make their children take responsibility," Barrett said. "I'm glad to see that beginning to happen."
At least four of the suspects have been turned over to police.
One mother, "Kizzy," was watching the news when she recognized her 15-year-old son.
She went onine and and also found a picture of her 13-year-old daughter.
She turned both over to police.
"These are not the kind of kids that I'm raising to do stuff like this, and I feel like I put all my hard work and energy into my children, and for them to go out into the community and do things like that is just not acceptable," Kizzy said.
The kids received citations for disorderly conduct, retail theft and breaking curfew.
Neither of the children were involved in the mob beatnigs at Reservoir Park.
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Milwaukee Mob Victim Recalls Beating ... 'Oh, White Girl Bleeds a Lot' ...
Shaina Perry remembers the punch to her face, blood streaming from a cut over her eye, her backpack with her asthma inhaler, debit card and cellphone stolen, and then the laughter.
"They just said 'Oh, white girl bleeds a lot,'" said Perry, 22, who was attacked at Kilbourn Reservoir Park over the Fourth of July weekend.
Though Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn noted Tuesday that crime is colorblind, he called the Sunday night looting of a convenience store near the park and beatings of a group of people who had gone to the park disturbing, outrageous and barbaric.
Police would not go quite as far as others in connecting the events; Flynn said several youths "might" be involved in both.
"We're not going to let any group of individuals terrorize or bully any of our neighborhoods," Flynn said.
Perry was among several who were injured by a mob they said beat and robbed them and threw full beer bottles while making racial taunts. The injured people were white; the attackers were African-American, witnesses said.
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Wisc beating victim: 'They just said "Oh, white girl bleeds a lot"' + Riverview Gas Station Mob Raid
Shaina Perry remembers the punch to her face, blood streaming from a cut over her eye, her backpack with her asthma inhaler, debit card and cellphone stolen, and then the laughter.
"They just said 'Oh, white girl bleeds a lot,' " said Perry, 22, who was attacked at Kilbourn Reservoir Park over the Fourth of July weekend.
Though Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn noted Tuesday that crime is colorblind, he called the Sunday night looting of a convenience store near the park and beatings of a group of people who had gone to the park disturbing, outrageous and barbaric.
Police would not go quite as far as others in connecting the events; Flynn said several youths "might" be involved in both.
"We're not going to let any group of individuals terrorize or bully any of our neighborhoods," Flynn said.
Perry was among several who were injured by a mob they said beat and robbed them and threw full beer bottles while making racial taunts. The injured people were white; the attackers were African-American, witnesses said.
Store video of the BP station at E. North Ave. and N. Humboldt Blvd. shows the business being ransacked. A clerk at BP confirmed to the Journal Sentinel that he was busy waiting on customers when one or two people held the door open to let others rush in and steal snacks and candy.
Not far away, 20 to 25 friends from Milwaukee's Riverwest neighborhood had gathered at the park shortly before midnight to watch some fireworks set off by a neighbor. In interviews with 11 people who said they were attacked or witnessed the attack, a larger group of youths appeared in another section of the park around midnight and were joined by more young people running up the park's stairs.
At some point the group of friends and the group of youths intersected; those interviewed said the attack appeared to be unprovoked.
"I saw people dancing and I figured they were just having a good time," said Riverwest resident Jessica Bublitz, 28.
Minutes later Bublitz saw a male friend hit in the temple and fall down. Her fiancé told her to run to safety. James Zajackowski, 28, said things suddenly turned chaotic.
"Within 30 seconds to a minute, bottles were flying and people started getting punched. I was in shock. I thought, 'Really? Is this really happening?' I was on the ground, people were trying to get into my pockets, I could feel their hands but I held on to my cellphone and my wallet," said Zajackowski, a census worker.
Emily Mowrer, 27, was not hurt but saw her friends beaten and punched and full beer bottles thrown at them. Her boyfriend was punched. She saw Perry lying with blood on her face, not moving. She called 911 on her cellphone.
"I saw some of my friends on the ground getting beat pretty severely. They got away with one of my friends' bikes. Some people had their wallets stolen," said Mowrer, who owns a house with her boyfriend in Riverwest. "It didn't seem like it was a mugging - it seemed like an attack. Like they weren't after anything - just violence."
Andy Lange, 29, a social worker who has lived in Riverwest for 10 years, said one of his friends was hit in the head with a bottle and needed staples to close the wound. Lange said he was struck in the face and didn't even see who hit him.
Perry needed three stitches to close a cut above her eye. She said she saw a friend getting kicked and when she walked up to ask what was happening, a man punched her in the face.
"I heard laughing as they were beating everybody up. They were eating chips like it was a picnic," said Perry, a restaurant cashier. "All I remember is seeing bright lights (after the punch), then my backpack was gone and blood was spurting out of my head."
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8 Juveniles Turn Themselves In After Gas Station Robbery
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