Milwaukee kidnapping; Timothy Olson sentenced to 33 years in prison
Milwaukee kidnapping; Timothy Olson sentenced
A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Timothy Olson, the man once dubbed the "Ripoff Romeo," on Tuesday, March 17 to 33 years in prison plus nine months in jail and 24 years of extended supervision.
MILWAUKEE - A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Timothy Olson, the man once dubbed the "Ripoff Romeo," on Tuesday, March 17 to 33 years in prison plus nine months in jail and 24 years of extended supervision.
A Milwaukee County jury on Saturday found Olson guilty of kidnapping a woman at gunpoint and other crimes.
Timothy Olson
Sentencing disrupted over and over again
What we know:
In court on Tuesday, Olson, 55, was kicked out of the courtroom three times. He ended up watching his own sentencing from a jail cell over Zoom.
Timothy Olson
Deputy District Attorney Sara Sadowski told the court Olson has a history of taking advantage of women, including a crime victim from 20 years ago who emailed her after seeing the trial streaming online.
"She is still to this day devastated, embarrassed and ashamed that she could have fallen prey to this evil person," Sadowski said in court.
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In 2022, police linked Olson to the deaths of two women he'd been out with, including one his own mother found dead in his bed. Olson has never been charged in those cases. But he is charged in two others where women said Olson spiked their drinks.
Found guilty
What we know:
Prosecutors charged Olson with kidnapping, two counts of burglary, misappropriating ID info and misdemeanor resisting/obstructing an officer in the case. He was accused of kidnapping the victim, who was 79 years old at the time, at gunpoint on the day before Thanksgiving 2022.
The jury had the case for roughly an hour before it delivered its verdict, finding Olson guilty on all five counts.
Complete coverage
Dig deeper:
FOX6 News covered the lead-up to and each day of the Olson trial. Read or watch more of what played out in court each day.
- March 14: Timothy Olson found guilty of kidnapping woman, other crimes
- March 13: Olson testifies in his own defense
- March 12: Police officers, burglary victims take the stand
- March 11: Kidnapping victim testifies despite 'shenanigans' from man accused
- March 10: Jury selected, opening statements shared in kidnapping trial
- Milwaukee kidnapping trial, 'Ripoff Romeo' competent to proceed
The Source: FOX6 News was in court for the trial and referenced information from the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage of the case.