Summerfest draws mostly from the Milwaukee area, but 59% of those taken into custody at the Big Gig are out-of-towners Though Summerfest draws music lovers from across the country, it's still primarily a Milwaukee-area event - except when it comes to who gets arrested. Of the 298 people arrested at Summerfest through Thursday, 177, or 59%, live outside the five-county Milwaukee metro area, according to Milwaukee police. "They may be a little more brazen than some of our local residents," said Lt. Anthony Smith, who runs the Summerfest command post. "People in Milwaukee have a little more familiarity with how we conduct things around here." [continues 530 words]
Three men who joined in a plan to rob an alleged drug dealer using a BB gun watched a fourth participant in the plot bleed to death after he was shot with a real firearm, a criminal complaint charging the three men alleges. Zachary A. Fish, 18, Michael A. Robins, 17, and Brandon D. Moscicki, 20, were charged Wednesday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with attempted armed robbery, party to a crime. If convicted, they could spend 20 years in prison and be fined $50,000. [continues 289 words]
