Menomonee Falls memory care facility attack, woman gets probation
Tyana Stanton
MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. - The woman accused in an attack on a Menomonee Falls memory care facility worker pleaded guilty and was sentenced to probation on Wednesday.
Tyana Stanton
In Court:
Court records show 34-year-old Tyana Stanton pleaded guilty to conspiring to harm the employee and was then sentenced to serve probation for two years. She had pleaded not guilty to the charge in March.
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Further, Stanton is to serve 120 days of her probation in the Waukesha County Jail with Huber release privileges.
Stanton's cousin, 33-year-old Jermaine McLemore, is accused of attacking the worker. He also pleaded not guilty in March. He's due back in court in August.
Menomonee Falls memory care facility attack; man, woman accused
A Milwaukee man and Jackson woman are accused of conspiring to attack a worker at a Menomonee Falls memory care facility.
Worker attacked
The backstory:
According to a criminal complaint, Menomonee Falls police were called to The Auberge at Oak Village on Feb. 26. It was reported that a stranger was assaulting an employee of the memory care facility.
Court filings said video footage from The Auberge showed the attacker walk into the common area at the facility, approach the victim from behind and punch her in the head – knocking her to the ground. He then stood over and continued to hit the victim before leaving.
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Court filings said the suspect, later identified as McLemore, was followed to the nearby Froedtert North Hills Health Center and was spotted going into a bathroom.
While officers were reviewing the video footage, they overheard another officer call out a license plate. Officers asked if the plate and vehicle belonged to an employee, per the complaint, and a witness pointed out Stanton.
What they're saying:
Officers spoke with the employee who was attacked, who noted she was "extremely hysterical over the incident" and had head and neck pain. The employee said she did not know who attacked her, and she was struck numerous times. An officer also noted a "small amount of blood on her hands."
Surveillance of Menomonee Falls memory care facility attack
Prosecutors said a witness spoke with police and "believed the incident could be part of an employee retaliating due to being upset." That witness said Stanton was "recently demoted from a position due to information that was provided by (the victim)." When asked about it, the victim told police that Stanton was demoted the previous day and blamed the victim for her demotion.
A witness also told police that "an unknown individual" called the memory care facility on the day Stanton was demoted and asked when the victim worked next," according to the complaint.
Court filings said investigators later spoke with yet another witness who said she overheard Stanton ask somebody on the phone: "Do you want to make some money?" The victim had only been in the building for a few minutes at the time and, moment later, the suspect arrived at the front door.
In Custody
Dig deeper:
Officers went to the nearby Froedtert health center, where McLemore had been followed, after speaking to the witness and victim at the memory care facility. As they walked in the front lobby, they saw McLemore walking away from an elevator. He initially identified himself as "Christopher Ford," according to the complaint.
Court filings said McLemore got "irritated" as police questioned him and implied he was "being held because of racial profiling." He said he was waiting for a ride, and officers let him go.
Jermaine McLemore
Officers then found the suspect's jacket and backpack in the elevator that McLemore had just walked away from. They then noticed he ran to the street and was about to get into an SUV. The complaint states an officer stood in front of the SUV and ordered McLemore not to get into the vehicle as "he was no longer free to go."
The SUV was registered to Stanton, and prosecutors said a detective contacted her to provide a written statement about what happened at The Auberge. In a statement, she said she "did not know the subject nor see the subject that had assaulted (the victim)." She admitted she believed the victim "did not like her" and "had something against her."
When the detective showed Stanton records of her being on the phone with McLemore, court filings said she denied knowing him and being on the phone with him. However, she ultimately admitted that McLemore was her cousin and that she had been on the phone with him – but denied setting up the assault.
Editor's note: This report was updated with more information.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the Waukesha County District Attorney's Office, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage of the case for this report.