Man Wanted to 'Make Example' of Loose Change Thief

A man on Patricia Lane told Waukesha police officers he wished he had his rifle so he could have shot an intruder in his vehicle.

Waukesha police were called to the home in the 2200 block of Patricia Lane at 4:58 a.m. Tuesday after the man said he found a person looking for change in his vehicle when the man stepped outside to walk his dog.

The man was upset about the incident and told police that if he had his rifle, he would have shot and made an example of the thief, according to the Waukesha Police Department’s call log.

Nothing was stolen from the vehicle and Waukesha County Sheriff’s Department believed the suspect had been released from Huber Jail earlier that day.

In other recent Waukesha Police Department calls:

• A theft of fencing supplies at 8:29 a.m. Monday in the 900 block of Blackstone Avenue.
• Juveniles were reportedly hanging on a caller’s trees and sitting in her flower bed at 2:47 p.m. Monday in the 100 block of North Moreland Boulevard.
• A woman told Waukesha police officers at 8:55 p.m. Monday that she wrote a gospel song and another woman has been performing it without her permission. The Waukesha Police Department advised her it was a civil issue.
• A man reportedly was yelling obscenities at Carroll University students in the 100 block of East Broadway at 11:25 p.m. Monday.
• A person was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving during a traffic stop at 5:25 p.m. Wednesday at Maple Avenue and West Main Street.
• A man was arrested after it was reported he was hitting vehicles with a baseball bat at 7:31 p.m. Wednesday in the 1500 block of Big Bend Road.
• A woman in the 900 block of Blackstone Avenue requested an ambulance at 8:28 p.m. Wednesday because she was having nightmares.
• A fire in an apartment building fire was reported at 10:11 p.m. Wednesday in the 100 block of South Grand Avenue.
• A person was arrested on suspicion of intoxicated driving during a traffic stop at 2:08 a.m. Thursday at Madison Street and West St. Paul Avenue.