Crime & Safety
Waukesha Man Protects Daughter Against Attacker In Park: Report
A family was walking in the park when the daughter was attacked, a report says. The girl's father sprung to action, defending her.
WAUKESHA, WI — A Waukesha County man was crucial in stopping an attack on his daughter in a Waukesha park Tuesday. A TMJ4 report says the attack happened in Frame Park.
"The man was stronger than me. I was pretty worried about it, but he didn't get my daughter," Brian Clemence told TMJ4. The family often walks there.
The suspect grabbed his daughter by her shirt collar, TMJ4 reported, when her father went to defend her. "I ran a few feet, turn around, and with my fist, I went at him. I had to do something. I got him away from my daughter," he told TMJ4.
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The suspect, who was later found to have some sort of mental illness, was later taken into custody at a nearby apartment complex he had run to.
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