At 8:05 p.m., a 38 year-old female university faculty member was walking westbound on W. Wisconsin Avenue. As she walked across the front lawn area outside McCormick Hall she noticed a suspicious male subject walking behind her. The subject, a 21-year-old male not affiliated with the university, then grabbed her purse from behind and attempted to pull the purse off her shoulder for several seconds.,”April 20

At 8:05 p.m. a 38-year-old female university faculty member was walking westbound on Wisconsin Avenue. As she walked across the front lawn area outside McCormick Hall, she noticed a suspicious man walking behind her. The subject, a 21-year-old man not affiliated with the university, grabbed her purse from behind and attempted to pull it off her shoulder for several seconds. The victim was yelling for the subject to stop when two male students heard the victim and approached to assist her. The man then fled the area. One of the students, a 19-year-old male, assisted the victim to the DPS office while the other student, a 21-year-old male, followed the suspect. DPS officers were able to locate and detain the suspect in the 800 block of North 16th Street. The student witness advised the officers that the detained suspect was indeed the man who attempted the purse snatch. The Milwaukee Police Department was contacted and took the subject into custody for attempted theft from person.

April 21

At 11 a.m. a 50-year-old university employee parked and secured his vehicle in the 500 block of North 18th Street. The man passed his vehicle at 12:53 p.m. while working, when he noticed that an unknown person vandalized his secured, unattended vehicle by throwing a large rock through the rear window. The estimated damage is $300. After interviewing the victim, DPS officers reviewed video surveillance footage from the area. The tape showed the unknown subject walking toward the victim's vehicle at 12:51 p.m., and shortly after, the subject threw the rock through the vehicle's window. During an investigation of the case, officers were sent to check with the staff at the Milwaukee Rescue Mission to see if they could identify the individual who was caught on film. As the officers were speaking with staff members, a man who fit the suspect's description walked into the mission. The 47-year-old man admitted to officers he had committed the vandalism. The subject also admitted that he had performed other acts of vandalism on several previous occasions. MPD was contacted and took the subject into custody for vandalism to auto.

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