The Milwaukee Post

Suspect charged in attempted armed robbery The Milwaukee County District Attorney has charged a 19-year-old Greenfield man in connection with an armed robbery March 29. Anthony Rosa was arrested following an incident at a gas station in the 1800 block of West Greenfield Avenue. According to the criminal complaint, the victim, a 57-year-old Milwaukee man, let the suspect into the locked business, to which Rosa placed a knife to the throat of the man and demanded money. The victim was able to break loose, lock himself in a room and called police. The suspect ended up being locked inside the store. Rosa then smashed a window and escaped when he was spotted by an officer from District 2 and arrested. Rosa is charged with attempted armed robbery and second-degree recklessly endan- gering safety. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years in prison. Milwaukee Wave, coach part ways The Milwaukee Wave is heading in a new direction thanks to a restructuring plan. The Wave announced March 21 that it had amicably parted ways with coach Keith Tozer after 21 years. The Wave hasn't named a new coach. "Keith has had a wonderful run as coach of the Wave for 21 years. I personally and every- one in the organization wishes him every suc- cess in his future work," Wave owner Sue Black said. On the same day, the Wave said it has been released from its contract with the Major Indoor Soccer League, which already lost four of its seven teams. The Wave said in a news release that it is in active discussions and negotiations to join the Professional Arena Soccer League along with teams from Baltimore, Kansas City, Rochester and Syracuse. The PASL could potentially have 20-plus teams in the upcoming 2014-15 season and has been operating for over 16 years. The Wave also is negotiating a new lease to continue to play its games at the U.S. Cellular Arena in downtown Milwaukee. The Wisconsin Center District, which owns the arena, has agreed to extend until May 15 the Wave's option to renew its lease. "It is critical that we have a lease that represents a win-win for both parties," a Wave news release said. The Wave said it's waiting to finalize its league arrangements and other "team strategies" before beginning a search for a new coach and other team personnel. Bucyrus Foundation donates $250K to Bradley Tech welding lab A $250,000 from the Bucyrus Foundation will provide for an expansion of the welding lab at Milwaukee Public Schools' Harry and Lynde Bradley Technology and Trade High School. The district announced March 26 the donation was made to the Bradley Tech Foundation. The Bucyrus Foundation is a donor-advised fund of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. "We're proud to offer welding in a number of our high schools including Bradley Tech," MPS Superintendent Gregory Thornton said in a statement. "This generous donation to expand the welding lab at Bradley Tech helps more students explore this career pathway as we seek to prepare graduates to be college and career ready." In addition to adding four welding stations, Bucyrus will contribute to the opera- tions of the welding department during 2015 and 2016. "The Bucyrus Foundation is committed to keeping the Bucyrus name associated with efforts to promote manufacturing in the Milwaukee community. In this spirit, the Bucyrus Foundation's trustees are thrilled that Bradley Tech is expanding its welding facilities to meet new student demand," said Tim Sullivan, Bucyrus Foundation direc- tor and president/CEO of Gardner Denver, in a statement. "We are particularly enthused that student demand has created the impetus for this expansion. The mes- sage that manufacturing is a good and noble profession providing family sustaining income is finally getting through to the youth in our community. These young people will become tomorrow's welders throughout greater Milwaukee. I welcome them to a great future in our industry." www.greatermilwaukeefoundation.org Two charged after man beaten last summer Two men have been charged after they allegedly beat a man – breaking his jaw, knocking out some teeth and causing other injuries – at a New Berlin gathering last summer. James Carter, 25, of West Allis, and Nicholas Uihlein, 21, of Greenfield, both were charged last week with one count each of aggravated battery and disorderly conduct, and face a maximum of 15 years in prison if convicted. The complaint against them said they were at the gathering July 25, when Uihlein wanted to leave, and told a woman with him she had to leave despite her wanting to stay. The victim told Uihlein he would drive the woman home, words were exchanged, and Uihlein punched the man, the complaint said. Carter helped take the man to the ground, punched him and, at one point, pulled out a pocketknife, the complaint said. Carter later told police he was surprised his punch was forceful enough to break the man's jaw, the complaint added. The man drove himself home, but then was taken to a hospital, where he had imme- diate surgery to wire his jaw shut, the complaint said, adding the victim never threw a punch at either of his alleged assailants. 4 • Milwaukee County Post • April 4, 2014 2 WEEK IN REVIEW STATE AND LOCAL STORIES OF INTEREST 1 6 5 Public Service Corp. wants rate increase The Wisconsin Public Service Corp., a sub- sidiary of Integrys Energy Group Inc., filed a request Tuesday for new utility rates in 2015 with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. The proposal calls for an 8 percent increase in electric rates and a 0.5 per- cent decrease in natural gas rates. According to a release, the company's electric rates have remained relatively unchanged since 2008 and gas distribu- tion rates have decreased over the same period. If approved, and applied equally to all customer classes, the new rates would result in an increase of about $6 monthly for a typical residential electric customer using 600 kilo- watt-hours per month. A natural gas customer using 800 therms annually would see a 34- cent monthly decrease. In its request to increase electric rates, the company cited a number of factors, includ- ing completion of a one-time fuel refund to customers that had the effect of keeping rates flat in 2014, increased fuel costs for power plants, increased transmission costs, improved electric reliability by converting company distribution lines with lower performance history from overhead to underground and general inflation. The WPSC and PSCW will evaluate the current data and arrive at final rates near the end of this year, an Integrys release said. 3 Mitchell Airport to receive $9M upgrade Gov. Scott Walker announced a $9 mil- lion project that includes several safety- related improvements and planning updates at Gen. Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee. Wendy Hottenstein, airport project manager with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, said the project involves construc- tion of a secured perimeter roadway system around the airfield. It will allow airport support vehicles to access all areas of the airfield without having to cross open runways and taxiways or trav- el on public roads. Portions of the existing 6-foot perimeter fencing also will be replaced with 10-foot fencing to provide additional security. Pavement reha- bilitation and electrical upgrades are also part of this airfield safety improvement proj- ect. The Federal Aviation Administration will pay more than $6.9 million toward the proj- ect while the state and Milwaukee County will each pay $1.1 million. The project is expected to be completed by summer 2014. www.mitchellairport.com 4

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