Milwaukee police: Reported abduction over the weekend is ‘baseless in nature’

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police offered an update on Monday, April 1 on a reported "abduction" that took place over the weekend.Officials stated in a statement:

MPD: Man follows 13-year-old girl home from school, tells her to 'get in' his vehicle

MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee police are asking for the public's help after they say a 13-year-old girl was followed home from school by a man in a vehicle earlier this month.

Ramone Jones, accused in fatal stabbing of Jamie Wilson appears in court for preliminary hearing

MILWAUKEE -- Charged in the fatal stabbing of Jamie Wilson, Ramone Jones, 42, was in court Thursday, March 28 for his preliminary hearing after his arrest in Kentucky.Jones faces the following criminal charges:

'Car seat was heavy:' Milwaukee mother accused of leaving 1-year-old in car while she shopped

MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee mother is facing charges, accused of leaving her 1-year-old child in a vehicle alone for approximately an hour while she shopped for groceries at Metro Market.Chenille Cole, 28, faces one count of neglecting a child -- specified harm did not occur and child under 6 years of age.According to a criminal complaint, police were dispatched to the Metro Market store near Van Buren and Juneau, where they spoke with a security guard who indicated a customer alerted store staff that there was an infant alone in a vehicle in the parking lot.

Prosecutors: Police recovered 1,705 grams of marijuana after driver fled from officers near 69th and Hampton

MILWAUKEE -- Police recovered more than 1,000 grams of marijuana after a driver fled from officers in January in Milwaukee.Harrell Martin, 30, of Milwaukee faces the following charges:

2 of 4 set for sentencing in beating of missing man left to die in Milwaukee River

MILWAUKEE -- Two of four people charged in connection with the death of a missing man who was beaten and left to die in the Milwaukee River are set for sentencing after plea deals were reached.Shawn Leitner, 19, was in court Wednesday, March 27, where he pleaded guilty to one count of second degree reckless homicide, as party to a crime.

Milwaukee man admits to shooting at pickup on WIS 175 'to scare the guy off'

MILWAUKEE -- A 23-year-old Milwaukee man is charged in connection with an incident that shut down WIS 175 near State Street on Monday, March 18.

Probation for 3rd of 3 sisters charged after 'severe beating' of child recorded, posted to Facebook

MILWAUKEE -- The third of three sisters accused in the beating of a 10-year-old boy that was recorded and posted to Facebook was sentenced Tuesday, March 26.Aashley McKinney-Williams, 28, on Tuesday pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing an officer.

Arraignment set for man in robbery spree involving Offer Up, Let Go, fatal CCW shooting

MILWAUKEE -- One of two Milwaukee men accused of having a role in a robbery spree that led to a fatal shooting and involved Offer Up and Let Go appeared in court Tuesday, March 26 for his preliminary hearing.

Antwan Alexander pleads not guilty, bound over for trial in sexual assault, child abuse case

MILWAUKEE -- Antwan Alexander, one of three men facing charges after two Milwaukee teenagers were left disfigured after prosecutors say the men sexually and physically abused them, pleaded not guilty and waived his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday, March 26.