Crime & Safety

Salute the Red, White and Black & Blue

Living in the USA gives a person the freedom to make really poor decisions, such as the one found in our weekly weird crime roundup, OMG PD.

Patch editors around southeastern Wisconsin collect unusual items every week from police reports and criminal complaints. Our weekly compilation is called OMG PD. Click the blue text links for the full story:

America, Heck Yeah!

Everyone loves a parade. Two men in Menomonee Falls loved their parade far too much.

We want you as a new inmate

Did the lyrics just finally drive this guy over the edge? “Where can you find pleasure, search the world for treasure, …”

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I’m too sexy for this block

One gentleman acting strangely on a Waukesha street needed either some perspective, or just a really good wingman.

Badge + Ear

One Indiana legend about the origin of the nickname “Hoosier” is that after a tavern altercation, someone would see the carnage and ask, “Whose ear?” Not sure how to apply that to Wisconsin, however.

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