Police Beat: An Elderly Man Walks From Milwaukee to Menomonee Falls

An elderly Milwaukee man left a senior housing facility in Milwaukee for a walk, which lasted through the night.

On Thursday, the received a call from a passer-by who was concerned for the welfare of the man. He was walking along Pilgrim Road near Cleveland Avenue. The man was listed as a missing person from the Agape Senior Support Services group home at 4035 68th Street in Milwaukee.

Police found the man in good health and did not require medical attention. However, the man told employees at Agape that he was going for a walk the prior evening and didn’t return. The MFPD transported the man back to the group home at the request of an employee.

Also in the reports:

• A 35-year-old Sussex man was arrested and cited with possession of drug paraphernalia after police stopped him at 3:05 p.m. Wednesday on the corner of Main Street and Shady Lane. The man had two warrants through the Palmyra and Milwaukee police departments. Officers also found empty plastic bags and a chrome pipe that had a strong odor of marijuana. The man was transported to the Waukesha County jail.
• A white female driving a tan Chevrolet Cavalier pumped $35.25 of gasoline at left without paying at 6:35 p.m. Thursday at .
• Two suspects in dark hooded shirts used a crowbar and attempted to break the lock of a storage container with 40-pound propane tanks at approximately 5:21 p.m. Dec. 31 at Wrico Stamping, N50W13471 Overview Dr. Employees discovered the damaged lock on Tuesday, and turned surveillance video over to police.
• Sometime between noon Dec. 31 and noon Tuesday, two deer stands and a trail camera were reported stolen from . The items were later located on the far east side of the woods between the golf course and the campus. The man’s trail camera snapped a photo of a possible suspect on Dec. 31. The victim believes the thief may be an employee of David J. Frank Landscaping, who removes the snow from Wells Fargo.
• Between 12:45 p.m. and 1:45 p.m. Monday, a 30-year-old man said his disabled placard was stolen from his locked vehicle in the parking lot at the . There was no sign of forced entry, but he couldn’t find the placard anywhere in the vehicle.
• Between 3 p.m. Dec. 31 and 5 p.m. Jan. 1, an unknown suspect stole a trailer from O.H. Ewert Inc., N92W17524 Appleton Ave. Video surveillance will be obtained from Wittlins.