City Market Panhandler Arrested: Report

WHITEFISH BAY, WI — Authorities in Whitefish Bay say a 34-year-old Milwaukee man has been banned from the City Market after an incident on Sept. 30 in which he went around asking for money from store customers.

According to Whitefish Bay police, two police officers were called to the City Market at just after 10 a.m. on Sept. 30 on a report that a man wearing a blue sweatshirt and gray sweatpants was asking customers for money while inside the store.

When store management asked the man to leave, he reportedly began swearing at staff in front of customers, police say.

According to police, officers found the man in the parking lot when they arrived. He was arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct and told that if he came back to the store, that he'd be arrested for trespassing.