Crime Time: Short-Lived Joyride; Man Ditches Cab Fee

Police say they’re not sure whether two Shorewood residents were voluntarily taken on a short-lived joyride Saturday with a unknown woman in a gray station wagon.

The two victims told police a woman approached them while they were standing in the parking lot of , 4515 N. Oakland Ave. and told them to get in her car. They jumped in the car and were driven just a few minutes south, to the 1700 block of East Menlo Boulevard, where the driver then asked for $10 for gas. The two forked over the money and exited the car. Police say the two victims have mental health issues and could have actually taken a taxi cab ride, since they were dropped off close to their home.

Also in the police report:

• Police and Pick 'n Save staff are still investigating whether a $188.94 check used at the Shorewood grocer is fraudulent. Police say the account number on the check may have been changed before it was used to pay for merchandise Thursday.
• A taxi driver filed a complaint Saturday with Shorewood police after a man jumped out of a cab in the 4100 block of East Capitol Drive without paying a $20 fare.
• University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee police told Shorewood police they received a report of a man asking people for money and “then touching them.” Police located the man at the corner of North Oakland Avenue and East Beverly Road and where he told officers he needed money for a lighter and was not touching anyone.
• A $450 GT bicycle was reported stolen from the high school Friday.