Police Beat: Man Fired After Threatening to "Cut Up" His Co-worker

There’s a fine line that exists when revealing information about fellow co-workers with supervisors. A 23-year-old male Wrico Stamping employee learned that lesson the hard way when he crossed that very line.

At 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, the 23-year-old employee went to his supervisor and said if his 30-year-old co-worker, “came at him like that again, he’s going to cut him up.”

How the co-worker came at the suspect is unknown. However, the supervisor sent the clearly angry 23-year-old home for the day.

The 30-year-old man who was the target of the threat said he wasn’t worried about being harmed by the man.

But according to Menomonee Falls Police, the man who was sent home can get comfortable – he was also fired.

Police have been unable to contact the 23-year-old at this point for further follow up.

Also in the reports:

• It’s a trick that never works, but nonetheless it's attempted often. A 27-year-old woman took jewelry from and attempted to return it at the customer service desk for store credit at 5:49 p.m. Aug. 4. The woman was confronted by loss prevention and she said she had mistakenly returned the wrong item. She was issued a municipal citation for retail theft, which was also her second offense.
• An unknown suspect entered the former Thomas Jefferson Middle School building and spray painted one of the rooms between 6 p.m. Aug. 3 and 8:40 a.m. Aug. 6. The person gained entry to the school by forcing a window open in the courtyard.
• Between 6 p.m. Aug. 3 and 11:30 a.m. Aug. 4, an unknown suspect punched open the passenger side key hole cylinder of a man’s truck, which was parked in a driveway on the W16000 block of Fair Oak Parkway, and stole a subwoofer and amplifier.
• A 57-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested for his third offense OWI after police stopped him on the N8000 block of Town Hall Road at 7:36 p.m. Tuesday.
• Police arrested driver for possession of drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop at 1:48 a.m. Wednesday near Pilgrim Road and Highway 41/45. The officer found marijuana and a glass pipe in plain site.