Regional News Briefs - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee police credit tips from the public for leading to the arrest of a suspect in an attempted child abduction last week. A 25-year-old Milwaukee man was arrested Saturday after police say he was seen in security video picking up a 7-year-old girl in the 1100 block of N. 17th St. on Thursday. In the video, a man walks past two children, then turns back and picks one up in his arms. Big shove foils would-be armed robber Police say an armed robbery attempt outside a Walmart in Brown Deer was thwarted when the victim's companion pushed the suspect away. According to Brown Deer police, the assailant approached a 47-year-old woman in the parking lot about 7:15 p. m. Saturday, showed a gun and demanded her purse. But after a 59-year-old man who was with the woman shoved the suspect, he ran to another vehicle and drove from the scene. Deceased firefighter was Whitewater High graduate The firefighter killed battling a forest fire in California last week was a Whitewater High School graduate. Ruhl, 38, a U. S. Forest Service firefighter, was in a vehicle in the Modoc National Forest scouting for ways to suppress flames when authorities lost contact with him on Thursday. Right after graduating from high school, Ruhl joined the U. S. Coast Guard as a machinery technician, serving on Coast Guard cutters Chippewa. Source: www.jsonline.com
