The Milwaukee Post

4 • Milwaukee County Post • April 7, 2017 MPS Board votes to become a sanctuary district MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee School Board voted unanimously March 30 for the Milwaukee Public School to become a sanctuary district. The resolution bars immi- gration agents from school grounds and provides education workers with more tools to support immigrant and refugee students and their families. Youth Empowered in the Struggle, the student arm of Voces de la Frontera, led the campaign to pass the resolution, which was introduced by School Board members Tatiana Joseph and Larry Miller. "I came to the United States in 2014 from Malaysia with my family as refugees," said Farouk Rashid, 16, a student at South Division High School and member of Youth Empowered in the Struggle. "I want my school to be a sanctuary because I want my immigrant and non-immigrant friends to be safe and sound." "I will fight for you and for the rights of undocumented people, in honor of the slaves who worked to help build this country," School Board member Wendell Harris said. WEEK IN REVIEW STATE AND LOCAL STORIES OF INTEREST Armed bank robbery suspect arrested after crash WEST ALLIS — A male was arrested fleeing police on foot shortly after robbing a bank Wednesday and crashing the getaway vehicle in the 2500 block of North Grant Street, police said. A bank in the 7000 block of West Greenfield Avenue was robbed at 10:05 a.m. by an armed gunman dressed in black, police reported. The robbery remained under investigation, police said. Komatsu completes acquisition of Joy Global MILWAUKEE — On Wednesday, Komatsu Mining Corp. completed its acquisition of Joy Global Inc. and said it will keep the Wisconsin mining solutions company's head- quarters in Milwaukee. As a result of the approximate $3.7 billion acquisition, Joy Global will be renamed Komatsu Mining Corp. and operate as a subsidiary of Komatsu, according to the announcement. "The combination of our Komatsu-brand surface mining equipment with the P&H, Joy and Montabert brands of surface and underground products will allow us to offer a complete range of mining solutions for our customers," said Tetsuji Ohashi, presi- dent and CEO of Komatsu, in a statement. "We plan to build on the strength of our shared cultures, including our unwavering belief in safety first and our passion for providing innovative solutions, to become an unrivaled mining solutions and servic- es provider." After the closing of the transaction, Komatsu now employs more than 57,000 peo- ple. Komatsu Mining Corp. will be led by Jeffrey Dawes, formerly leader of Komatsu Latin America. Dawes and the management team will be based in Milwaukee. Joy Global shares will be delisted from the NYSE and will no longer be publicly traded. Council addresses historic flooding with legislation MILWAUKEE — The basement flooding that occurred in 2008 and 2010 during the 100- year storm events may now be a memory, but the city of Milwaukee continues to work to prevent such problems from occurring again, Alderman Terry L. Witkowski said in a release. Last week, the Common Council passed three flood control measures. Two of them create partnerships with Milwaukee County that delegate each municipality's responsibilities for the design, construction and maintenance of storm water facilities, and park improvements in Copernicus Park and Dineen Park. Those partnerships have also received approval from the Milwaukee County Board. "I am proud to have led the way on this precedent-setting effort that will allow us to work with the county to not only add some great park amenities, but also create some attractive neighborhood flood prevention measures in these parks for the first time ever," Witkowski said. It is anticipated that the new stormwater facilities will help reduce property damage, economic losses and unsafe conditions caused by historic and repeated flooding in the surrounding neigh- borhoods. The council also approved a measure to keep clear rainwater out of broken sanitary laterals that cause basement backups in an area between West Layton Avenue and West Edgerton avenues from South 20th to South 27th streets. That project will start this month. Man allegedly put pan in pants during attempted theft WAUKESHA — A 50-year-old Milwaukee man has been charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court with misdemeanor retail theft after he allegedly attempted to hide a frying pan that he was trying to steal in his pants. According to the criminal complaint, Herman Hampton attempted to steal a frying pan from Burlington Coat Factory in Brookfield, but was spotted during the effort. Once spotted, he allegedly attempted to conceal himself so that he could take the pan out of his pants, according to the complaint. 45-year-old arrested after shots fired outside gun shop WEST ALLIS — A 45-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested after shots were fired Tuesday afternoon outside the Shooters Shop, 2465 S. 84th St. Police said the investigation into the altercation in front of the business and shooting of rounds from inside a vehicle with several individuals continued late Tuesday. No one was struck by the gunfire. The shooting was reported at 4:28 p.m. and employees provided a description of the vehicle and direction of travel, Deputy Chief Robert Fletcher said in a news release. The vehicle was stopped in the 1600 block of South 84th Street, but while the female driver followed officers' directions and exited the vehicle, a male passenger got behind the wheel and fled, the release said. The chase was stopped by officers in the area of 35th and Center streets. Assisted by the Milwaukee and West Milwaukee police departments during the inves- tigation, a suspect was arrested later in the evening, Fletcher said. Milwaukee woman charged in robbery of Falls bank WAUKESHA — A 22-year-old Milwaukee woman made her initial appearance in Waukesha County Circuit Court March 30 on a charge stemming from her alleged rob- bery of a Menomonee Falls bank at gunpoint. Katie N. Tanner is charged with robbery of a financial institution. She faces up to 40 years in prison, $100,000 in fines or both if convicted. During an investigation, the detective spoke to a man March 27 and asked that person if he recognized the woman in the surveillance video. He identified her as Tanner. County to seek state funding for Sheriff's Office MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee County will ask the state Legislature for $50 million in funding in the 2017-'19 Wisconsin state budget to hire new sheriff's deputies, plus unspec- ified funds to cover the county's costs from lawsuits related to the deaths of inmates in the Milwaukee County Jail, according to a resolution adopted at the most recent meeting of the Milwaukee County Board. "Public safety is paramount and we need to provide the Sheriff's Department with all the resources that are necessary to get the job done," Supervisor John F. Weishan, Jr., said in a statement. "Our community cannot shoulder the burden alone. The state of Wisconsin needs to help." The resolution authorizes the County Board's legislative liaison to communicate the county's support or opposition to several proposed provisions of the 2017-'19 biennial state budget. Weishan's amendment would help hire 50 new deputies for a period of 10 years, plus an unspecified amount of funding to cover legal fees and other costs associated with law- suits stemming from four inmate deaths at the county jail last year. Witkowski

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