Crime & Safety

When Detectives Aren’t Really Necessary

A Milwaukee woman arrested in Waukesha County was just trying to help save the crime lab for some work, perhaps, when she spoke out.

Patch editors around southeastern Wisconsin collect unusual items every week from police reports and criminal complaints. Our weekly compilation is called OMG PD. Click the links for the full story:

Nothing gets by you, does it?

And that’s a set of handcuffs, and that’s a charging document ...

Throw a ball of yarn instead

These vandals in Shorewood better hope the police find them before one angry cat does.

Snack attack, literally

This guy is NOT all that and a bag of chips.

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Don’t try this with chocolate sauce

The real crime is wasting a can of whipped cream.


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