Wallets, cellphones stolen across Milwaukee County; man accused

Wallets, cellphones stolen; man accused

A West Allis man is accused of robbing somebody at gunpoint and stealing a number of cellphones over the course of lower than a month.

MILWAUKEE – A West Allis man is accused of robbing somebody at gunpoint and stealing a number of cellphones over the course of lower than a month.

Prosecutors charged 23-year-old Shamar Moore with three felonies and three misdemeanors within the case. In response to courtroom filings, he was caught on digicam greater than as soon as.

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Nov. 24: South Milwaukee armed theft

A sufferer acquired off a bus and went right into a grocery retailer close to Chicago and Blake, a felony grievance states. When the sufferer left the shop round 6:10 p.m., he stated he seen somebody was following him.

Prosecutors stated the suspect – later recognized as Moore – pushed the sufferer down on Columbia Avenue and informed him at hand over his cellphone and pockets. When the sufferer refused and began to struggle again, he stated the suspect pulled out a gun and stated: “Do not hit me, or I’ll shoot you.”

MCTS surveillance picture of theft suspect (Courtesy: MCDAO)

The sufferer then handed over his pockets and cellphone, per the grievance, and the suspect additionally took a gold cross necklace earlier than he ran off. The pockets had $915 money inside, in addition to a debit card, insurance coverage card and the sufferer’s ID.

Courtroom filings stated surveillance video from an MCTS bus confirmed each the sufferer and the suspect on board till each males acquired off on the identical cease. Video from a close-by enterprise confirmed the sufferer going into the grocery retailer and, when the sufferer left the shop, the suspect emerged from a wooded space. The suspect then adopted the sufferer via the parking zone, and a unique digicam confirmed the suspect persevering with to observe the sufferer till they had been each out of digicam view.

Dec. 11: South Milwaukee property harm, theft

A South Milwaukee lady reported a doable break-in shortly after 1 p.m. The felony grievance states she got here house and seen her doorbell digicam had been smashed. She watched video from a unique digicam that confirmed a suspect – later recognized as Moore – smash the digicam.

Surveillance picture of injury to doorbell digicam (Courtesy: MCDAO)

Later that very same day, round 4 p.m., police had been known as to the realm of tenth and Milwaukee. Courtroom filings stated two victims stated they had been doing roof repairs and returned to their work van to seek out their backpacks, which had their wallets inside, had been stolen.

Video confirmed the suspect – later recognized as Moore – going into the van and strolling away with two backpacks. The suspect was sporting comparable clothes to the one who smashed the doorbell digicam.

Surveillance picture of backpack theft suspect (Courtesy: MCDAO)

Dec. 14: Milwaukee theft

Milwaukee police had been known as to a bar on Menomonee Road within the Historic Third Ward round 2:25 p.m. Prosecutors stated a sufferer informed officers he was sitting exterior along with his cellphone on the desk in entrance of him when a suspect grabbed it and ran.

The sufferer acquired as much as chase the suspect – later recognized as Moore – and did so for roughly a block, the grievance states, earlier than going again to the bar and activating the monitoring machine on his cellphone.

Officers used the monitoring info and commenced to seek for the cellphone and suspect, finally recognizing the suspect close to 1st and Florida, the place courtroom filings stated the cellphone had pinged. The suspect started to stroll quicker as soon as he noticed the officer, however the officer didn’t cease the suspect as a result of he did not assume the suspect was “shut sufficient to the ping location.”

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Prosecutors stated the officer saved following the cellphone’s ping and went to the realm of fifth and Nationwide, the place he noticed the identical suspect once more. This time, the suspect started to jog away, and the officer caught up with the suspect on Washington Road – the place the suspect started to run via yards.

Updates on the cellphone location, per the grievance, “matched the route” that the officer noticed the suspect working. Finally, the officer caught as much as and spoke to the suspect, who recognized himself as Moore and took 4 telephones out of his pockets – together with the one stolen on Menomonee Road. Police additionally discovered a gun inside Moore’s backpack; he didn’t have a hid carry allow.

Dec. 17: Cudahy theft

In response to the grievance, a sufferer informed police he was at a laundromat close to Packard and Ramsey when a suspect snatched his cellphone round 10 a.m. He stated he yelled for the suspect to present it again, however the suspect ran.

The sufferer then acquired right into a witness’ automobile, prosecutors stated, and the 2 drove across the neighborhood to search for the suspect collectively. As soon as they noticed the suspect, the sufferer acquired out and chased after the suspect on Birchwood Avenue. He saved chasing the suspect right into a financial institution parking zone, the place officers arrived.

Courtroom filings stated each the sufferer and witnesses recognized the cellphone theft suspect on the scene, and surveillance video from the laundromat corroborated the sufferer’s assertion. Officers acknowledged the suspect – finally recognized as Moore – from MCTS surveillance photos associated to the November armed theft case out of South Milwaukee.

Shamar Moore (Courtesy: MCDAO)

In custody

Upon his arrest, courtroom filings stated Moore was sporting a darkish blue jacket with a “distinctive tear” on the entrance. The tear was seen on the suspect’s jacket within the MCTS video, the doorbell digicam harm video and the van theft video. The MCTS video, by which the suspect was unmasked, was the identical one who Cudahy police arrested almost a month later.

In all, Moore is charged with: