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4 • Milwaukee County Post • May 19, 2017 WEEK IN REVIEW STATE AND LOCAL STORIES OF INTEREST Falls police arrest three juveniles in alleged car theft MENOMONEE FALLS — After an attempted vehicle theft on Monday, Menomonee Falls police have arrested three juveniles who might also be suspects in at least two other such thefts, authorities said. According to a release from Falls Police Capt. Jeffrey Knop, village police responded to the reported theft of a maroon Plymouth Breeze at Appleton Avenue and River Crest Drive at 10:43 a.m. Monday. An officer located the vehicle; a red Jeep Liberty with a bro- ken window was following close behind. Both drivers sped away when ordered to stop. The red Jeep escaped and the maroon Plymouth Breeze attempted to elude officers while traveling into Germantown, Milwaukee and Mequon. The vehicle was abandoned near County Line Road and North 76th Street, with three occupants fleeing on foot. Three Milwaukee juveniles, ages 13, 14 and 15, were subsequently taken into custody. Two were held on warrants for previous violations. Woman shot in 1100 block of West Cleveland Avenue Milwaukee police are investigating a shooting that happened at about 2:15 p.m. May 11 in the 1100 block of West Cleveland Avenue. A 36-year-old Milwaukee woman was shot while walking in the area, police said. She suffered a non-life-threatening injury and was transported to a local hospital, police said. Case open for deported alleged child sex offender WAUKESHA — The suspect has been deported, and the person who posted cash bail has his money back, but an arrest warrant remains open indefinitely for a man accused of having indecent contact with a child at a Waukesha soccer game last January. The case of 26-year-old Cristian Sanchez was in court May 12. Waukesha County Circuit Judge Lee S. Dreyfus Jr. approved the return of $10,000 cash bail to the Milwaukee man who posted it on Sanchez's behalf, after Dreyfus' court received final word that Sanchez had been deported, as had been expected. Sanchez, 26, was charged with sexually assaulting a child, child enticement and refus- ing to aid an officer after he allegedly had inappropriate contact with a 15-year-old girl outside an adult indoor soccer league, where he was a referee, in January. It had been known recently that Sanchez was detained and facing a likely deportation. That has occurred, according to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Suspect sought for College Avenue Speedway robbery Milwaukee police are seeking a suspect wanted for an armed rob- bery at about 10:35 p.m. Monday at the Speedway gas station at 110 W. College Ave. A male suspect walked into the business, pointed a gun at an employee, demanded money, and then fled the scene with the money, police said. The suspect is described as a black male, between 18 and 20 years old, and about 5 feet, 6 inches to 5 feet, 9 inches. He was last seen wear- ing a black hooded sweatshirt and black jeans. The suspect's gun was described as a revolver with white tape wrapped around the grip. Anyone with information is asked to call Milwaukee police at 414- 935-7360. Clarke says he'll take job with Homeland Security MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee County Sheriff David A. Clarke Jr. announced on the radio Wednesday that he will leave his office in June in order to accept a federal appoint- ment as an assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. "I'm looking forward to joining that team," Clarke said on the Vicki McKenna talk show on 1130 WISN Radio. In November 2013, Clarke told Conley News Service he was interested in serving in another role, but that having been in law enforcement for 35 years, it was in his blood. Man falls short of roundabout record at H-D Museum MILWAUKEE — A 32- year-old West Bend man tried to break the world record for circling a round- about on Sunday near the Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, but a possi- ble bad voltage regulator on his motorcycle stopped the attempt after 1 hour and 57 minutes. The world record for cir- cling a roundabout is 3 hours, 34 minutes by Oran Sands of Carmel, Ind. Brandon Yahr said he will apply for the motorcy- cle record because Sands accomplished the feat in a car. "It seemed like I could make it," Yahr said Monday. "I was getting pretty sore. All my weight was on one butt check and my arms got pretty tired at about an hour, so I was finding ways to give them breaks." Yahr was attempting the record to help raise aware- ness about motorcycle safe- ty and to remind motorists that motorcycles are back on the road. The round- about wasn't closed to through-traffic. "I did have a lot of peo- ple not pay attention when they were entering the roundabout," Yahr said. "I get that they didn't expect me to keep going, but some were on their phones and others looked right through me, even though we were making eye contact. "I did have to slam on the brakes for one car who pulled in front of me, but other than that, just some speed modulation to stay out of their way was work- ing out." Pow-wow to raise awareness about Native Americans MILWAUKEE — A na- tive American pow-wow dance and drum with youth dancers will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Ho-Chunk Nation branch office, 3501 S. Howell Ave. There will be vendors selling native arts and crafts. Although not a tradition- al Native American food, Indian tacos will be served. Fill out a short survey to receive a free T-shirt as part of the Native American awareness event. South Milwaukee post to have meat and cash raffle SOUTH MILWAUKEE — American Legion Post 27, 920 Monroe Ave., will have a meat and cash raffle at noon Sunday. Proceeds will go toward a kitchen upgrade. Disc-golf season underway MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee County Parks has opened its disc-golf sea- son. Disc golf is similar to traditional golf, but a player uses a flying disc or Frisbee instead of a ball and clubs. The disc is thrown from a tee area to an elevated chain-link basket. The objective of the game is to land the disc in the basket in the fewest throws. 2017 Disc Golf Permit Tags, which may be used at any of Milwaukee County's five pay-to-play courses, are available for purchase online at countyparks.com search "disc." The 27-hole Dretzka Park is located at the west side of the park at 124th Street and West Bradley Road. A permit is also required to play disc-golf courses at Brown Deer Park, 7625 N. Range Line Road; Dineen Park, 6600 W. Keefe Ave.; Estabrook Park, 4400 N. Estabrook Drive; and Root River Parkway, at South 84th Street in Greendale. Practice disc golf cours- es, which may be played free of charge, are at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex, 6000 W. Ryan Road, Franklin; Doctors Park, 1870 E. Fox Lane, Bayside; Kops Park, 3321 N. 86th St.; Wil-O-Way Grant, 207 Lake Drive, South Milwaukee; and Wil-O-Way Underwood, 10602 Underwood Creek Parkway, Wauwatosa. Weekly hikes at Wehr FRANKLIN — The week- ly Hike for Health at Wehr takes place at 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays through October at the Wehr Nature Center, 9701 W. College Ave., in Whitnall Park. Participants can walk for 30 minutes to 90 min- utes, depending on their schedules and the weather. John Ehlke/Conley News Service Brandon Yahr discusses the Harley-Davidson V-Rod on which he sits May 10 at J.W. Speaker in Germantown.Yahr failed to break the world record on Sunday for longest time circling a roundabout. COMMUNITY

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