Milwaukee man charged with attack on Mayor Barrett
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A criminal complaint accuses a man of attacking Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett with a metal bar after the suspect "freaked out" on him.
Twenty-year-old Anthony J. Peters was charged Thursday with felony counts of first-degree reckless injury and theft, and two misdemeanors. The charges carry a maximum sentence of 36 years behind bars.
According to the complaint, Peters admits he got into an argument with his 1-year-old daughter's grandmother Saturday evening. When Barrett responded to the woman's shouts by trying to call 911, Peters says he snatched the phone from Barrett and punched him in the face.
Peters was expected to make a court appearance Thursday. Online court records did not list a defense attorney.
Aug 20, 2009 at 3:36 p.m.
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prevention - I don't envy you one bit, but I give a big hat's off to people who work in those situations. You definitely have my respect.
Aug 20, 2009 at 3:36 p.m.
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and those meds are legal with a dr's script...
Aug 20, 2009 at 3:24 p.m.
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Everyone tries to play the mental illness card. Do people not understand the seriousness of mental health? Try going to a state mental health hospital or Swedish American Hospital in Rockford. When you really have someone off their meds and attacking you, you'll understand the effects of a person being off their meds. Yes, I have been attacked by numerous clients who were seriously off their meds. Fortunately, I had training in how to handle getting out of the situation.
Aug 20, 2009 at 2:32 p.m.
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She went on and on about how he's a decent son, but he's off his medicine right now and really needs to be on it. (?) Say what? Typical denialitous.
Aug 20, 2009 at 2:26 p.m.
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Yesterday, I heard a recording from a radio station in Milwaukee with the mother of Anthony Peters. She said that this was so blown out of proportion and that the mayor actually provoked her son into a fight and that if this had been anybody other than the mayor, that there would've been no publicity and no police would've been called and that (pending) charges wouldn't be filed.
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Huh.
Aug 20, 2009 at 1:52 p.m.
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woodsman- Most politicians and judges are "gods" in their own eyes..Here, you've got two together, what do you expect...
Aug 20, 2009 at 11:23 a.m.
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And the jerk that could've killed the three year old girl gets probation! I just don't get it!!! 36 years,give me a break,where do these courts get these numbers,cracker jacks box.
Aug 20, 2009 at 10:50 a.m.
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I bet the next time he punches a random stranger he will ask what they do for a living... what a moron.
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