This Is Why You Don't Bogart the Handicapped Space

A woman who thought it was no big deal to park in a handicapped parking space for her whole work shift at a Wauwatosa restaurant may think better of it next time.

She landed in jail for calling attention to herself.

At 8:47 p.m. Monday, the 28-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested and jailed on three warrants after she made the mistake of parking illegally in a handicapped-only space at Buffalo Wild Wings, 2635 N. Mayfair Rd.

An officer noticed her car in the restricted space with no handicapped plate or hang-tag, and in the process of writing a ticket found that she was wanted.

He went in to BW3 to find her and learned that she was not a customer but rather a server.

The woman's excuse for parking for her whole work shift in a handicapped space was: "That's where I parked."

She also had no explanation for why she hadn’t appeared on citations for possession of stolen property, $1,311 bail; retail theft, $303; and driving after suspension, $109.

Since she couldn’t post $1,723 bond, she finished her work shift parked in a reserved space at the County Jail.

In other recent incidents:

Thursday

A resident of the 2100 block of North 71^st Street reported that overnight someone smashed a window in his truck while it was parked in his driveway and stole his briefcase and its contents.

Tuesday

A pharmacist at the Walgreens store at 2275 N. Mayfair Rd. reported that a known suspect tried to use a forged prescription for Valium. The doctor whose name was on the script believes that her patient had an opportunity at a recent appointment to steal a blank prescription pad. Police are seeking the 33-year-old Milwaukee man.

A 17-year-old Wauwatosa boy was cited for habitual truancy from Wauwatosa West High School after missing nine days of classes without excuse.

Police were investigating overnight break-ins at two neighboring businesses on West North Avenue after managers found their back doors pried open when they arrived in the morning. At Supercuts, 8735 W. North, burglars entered but nothing was taken. Next door at Spa Nails, 8737 W. North, money was stolen from a cash register drawer.

At 9:27 a.m., a 20-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested at the McDonald’s restaurant at 3131 N. Mayfair Rd. after she began to harass her ex-boyfriend, who was working behind the counter. There were several customers at the store when she began to yell profanities at him and then threw a jelly-covered biscuit at him, hitting him in the neck and getting jelly all over his uniform. His manager called police and the woman was arrested in the parking lot. The victim told police, perhaps extraneously, that his ex- has a volatile temper.

Monday

At 11:25 p.m., a 34-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for employee theft from Target, 3900 N. 124^th St., after he was suspected and then watched on video in the act of stealing three iPods, a Sony Playstation Vita and a number of video games over three days. The total value of the stolen goods, retail, was $2,088, of which only $798 worth was recovered. The man admitted the thefts and said he was selling the merchandise because he needed money to pay his bills. He’ll have more trouble now. He’s without a job, owes his former boss $1,290 restitution, and needs to find a way to pay a citation for theft pegged at $1,946.

Saturday

A Milwaukee man reported that between 7:30 and 10:30 p.m., someone broke into his car by smashing a window while he was at Hart Park and stole a leather satchel containing his cell phone, three pairs of sunglasses, his company key card, passport and various work documents. While he was searching for any sign of his property in the parking lot, he discovered another auto with a window smashed out. No report was yet available on that break-in.

At 5:08 p.m., a 20-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for criminal damage to property – a squad car – after a traffic stop in the Village. A patrol officer saw him run a red light on Harmonee Avenue at Underwood Avenue and pulled him over. The man’s license was revoked and he had a warrant for arrest through the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Department. When he was cuffed and put in the back of a squad, he began to try to kick his way out and dented the window grate and damaged the door itself, causing it to be misaligned. The young man apologized after he was released on $618 bail, saying he had “a lot going on in his life right now.”

A resident of the 300 block of North 68^th Street reported that some time since March 29, while she had been out of town, someone entered her unlocked car in her driveway and stole a GPS unit and her stereo.

At 8:30 a.m., a resident of the 2500 block of North 66^th Street reported that some time overnight someone stole her visiting mother’s car out of her driveway. The vehicle was recovered a short time later in the 1100 block of North 50^th Street. The owner’s daughter said she and her mother believed the 2012 Chevy Equinox had been locked and that there was an extra set of keys in the glove box. The car had been parked in front of another in the driveway, and the thief had driven off through the victim’s back yard, damaging the lawn and several small trees. After officers found the car undamaged on 50^th Street, they located a woman who said she’d seen the car pull over at about 5:45 a.m. She said a man got out and walked away on State Street. She did not realize the car was stolen.

Last Friday

At 7:40 p.m., a 25-year-old Milwaukee woman was arrested on two counts of theft and one of receiving stolen property after she was seen bagging a pair of jeans at the Buckle store at Mayfair Mall and leaving without paying. She was stopped and found to have not only the jeans but also merchandise taken from the Aeropostale and Express stores, for a total of $489.20 retail value. The suspect was already on probation for theft and was taken to the County Jail.

Multiple charges of forgery were filed in a warrant and police were seeking a 29-year-old Milwaukee woman after she passed a forged check at the Guaranty Bank branch at 6700 W. State St. It was one of three such incidents in which the woman is considered the known suspect and 12 all together that police consider closely related, with other suspects involved. The phony checks, usually in amounts from $500 to over $600, are being passed on account Emergency Medical Specialists and Brookfield Hotel Partnership.