In custody: Man wished after brutal brass knuckles hammering during attempted carjacking arrested
In custody: Man wished after brutal brass knuckles striking during attempted carjacking arrested
Corleon Thomas — Desired in connection with brutal hitting during attempted robbery/carjacking in Greenfield
GREENFIELD — 18-year-old Corleon Thomas — the man wished in connection with the brutal striking of a woman during an attempted robbery and carjacking that happened in the parking lot of Pacific Produce near 27th and Grange has been taken into custody.
Greenfield police said Tuesday, August 8th Thomas was arrested around 12:30 p.m. with help from Milwaukee police, officials with the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office, Glendale police and the U.S. Marshals.
Investigators were able to identify the stolen vehicle that Corleon was operating and located it near one st and Becher. The vehicle fled when officers attempted to stop it, resulting in a pursuit. The pursuit ended near 22nd and Villard when the stolen vehicle crashed into a curb. After a brief foot pursuit, Corleon was taken into custody.
We’re told a vehicle used by law enforcement was bruised.
At least twenty to thirty officers took part in this investigation.
Corleon Thomas arrested
Corleon Thomas arrested
Corleon Thomas arrested
Law enforcement vehicle bruised during pursuit that ended with arrest of Corleon Thomas
The attempted robbery and carjacking happened on July 21st around 1:00 p.m.
A bday weekend turned appalling when a 31-year-old woman was fiercely attacked by a suspect wearing brass knuckles during an attempted robbery and carjacking outside Pacific Produce.
Corleon Thomas — Wished in connection with brutal hitting during attempted robbery/carjacking in Greenfield
When officers arrived on the scene, they found the victim sitting in her car with significant facial trauma and bleeding strenuously.
Pacific Produce, near 27th and Grange in Greenfield
FOX6 News on Thursday, July 27th obtained the nine hundred eleven calls in this case.
Victim of attempted robbery, carjacking in Greenfield
Dispatcher: “Who attacked you?”
“A youthfull masculine and a youthfull female. They came up to me as I was getting out of my car and they just punched me and there was nobody around,” the victim said.
Dispatcher: “You don’t know them at all?”
“No,” the victim said.
The victim did not want to share her name, but she spoke out about what happened with FOX6 News.
She said she was sitting in her vehicle, with the doors locked, checking her phone for bday messages and preparing her shopping list.
The victim told officers that when she began exiting her car, she was blindsided. The car door was pulled open by a black masculine suspect. This suspect did not say anything to the victim and instantly began striking her in the face with his right knuckle while wearing brass knuckles.
Attempted robbery, carjacking in Greenfield near 27th and Grange
The victim was transported to Froedtert Hospital by ambulance and treated for non-life menacing injuries.
A 16-year-old female suspect was arrested after this attempted robbery and carjacking, and was being held on battery and armed robbery as party to a crime charges in juvenile court.
