Port Washington Man Faces 50 Years for Two Armed Robberies

MILWAUKEE -- A Port Washington man could face up to 50 years behind bars after police say he stole a car, then used it to commit a second armed robbery.

Jacob Will, 21, Port Washington, faces up to 50 years behind bars, or up to $200,000 in fines, or both.

According to his criminal complaint, a Milwaukee man was working on his car in an alley behind his house when Will - who was identified in a photo line up - reportedly pointed a pistol at his head, and stole the vehicle he was working on.

Will, who was with a group of several others, committed a second armed robbery a short time later. This time Will and his accomplices approached a man working on a car in their garage. Will pointed a pistol at the man, struck him with it, stole his wallet, his iPhone and drove off in the stolen getaway car, the complaint stated.

The robbery was captured on surveillance video, including the license plate of the robber’s get-away vehicle. When an officer spoke to the owner of that vehicle, a grey 2011 Ford Focus, he learned that the owner's boyfriend, Will, had been using her vehicle at the time both victims were robbed, the complaint stated.

Both victims positively identified the defendant as the gunman who assaulted and robbed them.

Will is being held in the Milwaukee County Jail on a $30,000 cash bond.

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