12 Days of Patch: June

Waukesha Patch’s one-year anniversary is Dec. 28, 2011. It’s been an action-packed year here in Waukesha and we are proud to bring you the 12 days of Patch. Each day, we will bring the most popular stories of each month for Patch readers to vote for their favorite each month.

On our anniversary, Dec. 28, we will present the top 12 reader’s selection for the community to pick the top story of 2011.

June 2011 (Voting ends at 1 p.m. Dec. 22)

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The Waukesha Police Department has arrested a suspect in a burglary that involved a shotgun being stolen, according to Waukesha Police Capt. Dennis Angle.

The burglary was reported June 10 in the 100 block of West Broadway, Angle said, and police developed and confirmed the identity of the suspect. Police located that suspect at 12:43 p.m. Thursday in the 500 block of Lincoln Avenue, Angle said in a news release.

A pit bull attacked and bit two people in the 2100 block of Springbrook North and later attempted to attack police officers at 6:36 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from Sgt. Jerry Habanek.

A police officer was forced to fatally shoot the dog with a rifle as it tried to jump over the low picket fence while the Waukesha Fire Department was attending to an injured 52-year-old woman and her 39-year-old male neighbor, who also was injured by the dog, according to Habanek.

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Wednesday night, many in Waukesha went to a funeral to say goodbye to a 6-month-old boy only some had known in life.

They came wearing orange, Owen’s color, overflowing the church in a sea of orange to share love and celebrate the joy of baby Owen Bissing, one of a set of triplets, who died last week.

On an ordinary night the previous weekend, life changed in a moment for the Bissing family when they found Owen unresponsive in his crib. Over the next five long days at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin, Owen’s family and friends kept vigil, hoping and praying he would come back.

He didn’t.

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West Bluemound Road will remain closed between Springdale and Kossow roads by the Waukesha Police Department as officers are investigating a motorcycle vs. car accident, Sgt. Jerry Habanek said in a news release.

The motorcycle driver was transported to Froedert Hospital by Flight for Life for injuries. The car was turning westbound from Parklawn Drive struck the motorcycle that was traveling eastbound on West Bluemound Road, according to the news release.

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Capt. Dennis Angle described 39-year-old Christopher Bartosz as a “hero” after the man jump to the assistance of his neighbor who was being attacked by her 2-year-old male pit bull.

“He jumped the fence while the dogs were on her,” Angle said.

Bartosz has since been release from Waukesha Memorial Hospital where he was treated for the dog bite, Angle said.