SMALL TOWN CRIME WAVE 10.18.10

October 8th City of Wauwatosa
A cell phone, car keys and laptop computer were taken from a guest room at Crowne Plaza Hotel between 2:25 and 3:10 a.m. The guest had visited Silk Exotic gentlemen's club that night and gave a dancer his room key and arranged to meet after she was done working. He waited in the hotel lobby for her but finally figured he'd been stood up. When he went back to his room he discovered his belongings were gone.

October 6th City of Green Bay
An man at the work-release facility on South Adams Street was cited for shattering the glass on a vending machine by bumping it with his backside because he was upset that an item he bought did not come out.

October 9th City of Portage
Police were called to Wal-Mart where a 17-year-old girl was caught in the act of trying to steal a pair of ears. The ears were part of a Halloween costume.

October 11th City of Stevens Point
Police were called to McKinley School after a 10-year-old child knocked over a magazine rack and accidentally stuck a janitor with a pencil.

October 9th City of Oak Creek
An East Evandale Drive resident reported the theft of a 6½ -foot-long fiberglass shark from their front porch.

October 13th City of Shawano
A person on Smalley Street called police to report seeing a man in a white-hooded sweatshirt repeatedly walking back and forth past house while playing spooky music. Responding officers discovered it was just kids playing a prank. Police issued warnings to the kids.

October 8th Wood County
A Biron man reported that his son-in-law keeps harassing him long distance over the phone telling him he loves him.

October 10th City of Stevens Point
Police received a report from a 5th Avenue resident that sometime early in the morning someone broke into their apartment and stole 3 pounds of ground beef and a bottle of maple syrup.

October 4th City of Brookfield
A Chimney Rock Court resident called police to report someone had left a rock on his front porch bearing the message "I see you" and a depiction of a sad face.

October 7th City of Mequon
A 47-year-old Mequon man was arrested on a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior after witnesses reported him walking through a residential area naked from the waist down at 11:15 in the morning. The man told police he was walking nude because "it felt good." He also admitted he'd done it before, "right or wrong."