Argument with Teens Turns into Battery, Carjacking

A Wauwatosa man was beaten and had his car stolen Saturday after he got into an argument with a group of teenage girls and one young woman in the parking lot of Blue Mound Gardens, 11703 W. Blue Mound Rd.

According to the police report: The man's mother had met him and his son at the restaurant for dinner, and they were getting into their cars to leave when the teens came through the parking lot shouting and swearing.

One of the girls made a rude remark to the man, who answered loudly that he did not want to hear them swearing in front of his son and mother.

The argument escalated until one of the girls spit on his car. The man got out of his car and demanded she clean it up, but found himself confronting five teenagers. He left his son in the car with the engine running.

In a moment, he was being hit from all sides. He took out his cell phone and threatened to call police, but it was grabbed out of his hand. When he tried to get to his car to make sure his son was safe, he was put in a choke hold.

His son heard someone getting into the car, so he jumped out and ran into the restaurant.

The car was taken by one of the girls, who drove it only a few blocks and parked it behind a building, then walked back toward the restaurant.

Three Milwaukee females, one 18, one 17 and one 16, were arrested for battery and strongarm robbery. Police were seeking two other 17-year-olds who were known suspects.