Police Report: Prescription Fraud, Third OWI

At least three different people tried to pass bogus Oxycodone prescriptions at last week.

A man in his 40s or 50s attempted to pass a possibly forged prescription for 90 Oxycodone on April 26 at CVS, 240 E. Hampton Road. He left without any pills after attempting the transaction with a stolen prescription sheet about 8 p.m. Tuesday. Pharmacy employees contacted police because the prescription looked similar to a fraudulent prescription that was presented earlier on April 21.

In a related case, a 34-year-old Milwaukee man also attempted to pass a forged prescription for 90 Oxycodone on April 23. The prescription pad was confirmed stolen from a doctor’s office.

In other police news:

•  A 31-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested with his third drunken driving offense on Lake Drive at Glendale Avenue at about 3 a.m. April 24. After failing field sobriety tests, he was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital for a blood draw, which showed a blood alcohol content of 0.12.

• A 33-year-old Milwaukee man was pulled over in the 5500 block of North Bay Ridge Avenue for driving a car with stolen plates, and the driver fled the vehicle and was captured by Glendale police in the 5800 block of North Port Washington Road. The passenger, a 27-year-old West Allis woman, was taken into custody for possession of drug paraphernalia. They were also cited for resisting or obstructing an officer, theft and driving a non-registered vehicle.

• A $270 handheld blower was taken from an open pickup truck about 2:30 p.m. Thursday while it was parked in the front of a building in the 800 block of East Henry Clay Drive.

• A license plate was stolen from the front of a vehicle parked in an apartment parking lot on the 100 block of East Fairmount Avenue sometime between April 24 and Tuesday.