Whitewater police searching for robbery suspects
WHITEWATER – The Whitewater Police Department continues to investigate a robbery this afternoon stemming from a man getting jumped for his athletic shoes and iPod.
A 20-year-old man told police he was jogging in Cravath Lakefront Park at 6:30 p.m. Monday when two teenaged men robbed him, according to a news release.
He told police one suspect punched him in the face while the other hit him in the leg with a stick, according to the news release.
The alleged robbers then stole the man’s athletic shoes and iPod, according to the news release, and fled on a red bicycle that had foot pegs and silver rims.
The man who was robbed told police he walked to his home on North Tratt Street and called police, according to the news release.
No one witnessed the robbery, according to the news release.
One suspect is described as being a teenage white male, 6-foot-3, slender and approximately 180 pounds. He has blond hair and wore a T-shirt and shorts.
The second suspect is described as being a teenage Latino male, 5-foot-10 and stocky. He was wearing blue shorts and a white or cream T-shirt.
Anyone with information should call the Whitewater police at 262-473-0555.
Aug 14, 2008 at 11:23 a.m.
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I drive by that park twice a day, and it would be the last place in Whitewater I would think this would happen. Actually, Whitewater itself is one of the last places I'd think this would happen. Something just doesn't seem right with the story.
Aug 14, 2008 at 10:59 a.m.
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I live in Whitewater and yes the Police Station is right across the street and yes, Tratt St. is about 1 - 2 miles away. I was thinking the same thing with walking all the way home, with no shoes, and then calling the police. This also happened in the daylight hours. This story just doesn't sound right. There might be details that aren't being released but regardless, if it really did happen, kids talk and hopefully they find them.
Aug 14, 2008 at 6:30 a.m.
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why would the jogger walk a mile to tratt street to use a phone when the incident happened a block from the police station
Aug 14, 2008 at 2:01 a.m.
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You can carry pepper spray. Just not electronic control devices such as tasers and/or "stun guns".
Aug 13, 2008 at 10:49 p.m.
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baseball bats still work as good protection. They are legal to carry too!
Aug 13, 2008 at 8:13 p.m.
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Maybe someday we will be allowed to have concealed weapons or pepper spray...
Aug 13, 2008 at 7:18 p.m.
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I was thinking the same thing nurse4u. Yes cravath lake is right across the street.
Aug 13, 2008 at 6:30 p.m.
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Isn't Cravath Lake across the street from the police station? Why did he walk all the way home to Tratt st?
Aug 13, 2008 at 5:25 p.m.
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Gang initiation, maybe?
Aug 13, 2008 at 5:19 p.m.
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Those kids need to get a job! That poor guy was just jogging and gets punched in the face and hit in the leg. I hope someone finds those kids and punches them in the face and hits them with a stick! LOL!
Aug 13, 2008 at 5:01 p.m.
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my cuz got jacked like this in lacrosse a few years back. scary but objects are replaceable...
Aug 13, 2008 at 4:32 p.m.
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Thug mentality: "If you're not strong enough to keep it, it's mine."
Aug 13, 2008 at 4:03 p.m.
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I'd like to see a group of the victim's college friends find out who these two are and show them some manners.
Aug 13, 2008 at 3:07 p.m.
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get a job PUNKS. then you can just buy what you need instead of beating down the innocent. WT%
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