Mount Pleasant police are encouraging residents to keep their doors locked after a number of homes in the village were burglarized while residents were home and sleeping. Officers are asking for the public’s help finding two male suspects – possibly teenagers – who are believed to have broken into at least six homes, plus one […]
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Police: Man Ditches Stolen Car, Steals Another One
Mount Pleasant police say the man in this photo drove a stolen car from Illinois to Racine County Tuesday afternoon and stole another car from the parking lot of a local gas station. The suspect arrived at Kwik Trip, 943 SE Frontage Road, in a stolen car. He went inside the store and stole a […]
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Racine Police Hope Videos Help Solve Crime, Increase Awareness
The Racine Police Department is embarking on a full court press to solve crimes and increase community awareness about certain issues. Using a simple video app, Lt. Al Days and his public information team are making short videos to try and snag the attention of citizens. The first in their series recalls the murder of Joseph […]
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Police Searching for Mother, Children, Say They’re ‘Endangered’
Racine police and Child Protective Services are asking for the public’s help locating a mother, her boyfriend, and her three children. Officers are searching for Amanda Ibarra Gasca and Ivan Ruiz, who is also known as Vante Rojas, for questioning in an endangered child investigation. Gasca and Ruiz/Rojas are believed to have three children ages […]
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Police Looking for 2 Armed Robbery Suspects
Racine police are asking for the public’s help locating two men who robbed the Midtown Market on 11th Street last week. Officers were called to the market, 1229 11th Street, at 8:48 p.m. for a report of an armed robbery. Witnesses told them two armed men wearing masks entered the store and demanded money. One […]
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Armed Robbery of Delivery Driver, Suspects at Large
Racine police are asking for the public’s help finding five male suspects who robbed a food delivery driver early Friday morning. Officers were called around 12:30 a.m. Friday by Domino’s Pizza, 3743 Douglas Avenue, to take a report of an armed robbery of a delivery driver. The witness said five male suspects approached him when he […]
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Unsolved: Police Still Searching for Shehadeh Killer(s)
The killers of Mohammed Shehadeh remain at large, and his family still has no closure. Racine police at about 5:30 p.m. March 12, 2010, were dispatched to The Market, 1949 Racine St., for a report of shots fired and a man down. When officers arrived, they found Shehadeh, 41, dead from a gunshot wound. There were […]
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Car Thieves on the Loose
Racine police are asking for the public’s help locating both a stolen car and the thieves who took it. Officers responded Jan. 13 to the 400 block of Wickham Blvd. for a report of a stolen vehicle. When police arrived, they were told that a white, Chevy Impala with license plate 403-WPL was taken. Anyone with […]
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UPDATE: Family Dollar Robbery Suspect In Custody
UPDATE:  Travail Wilson, a suspect in three robberies, was apprehended by Racine COP officers at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12. Wilson is a suspect in robbing two Family Dollar stories, at 3701 Durand Avenue and at 3919 Washington Avenue, and Bohl Automotive, 2525 Douglas Avenue, on Friday, Jan. 2. Investigators with the Racine Police Department […]
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Can You Help Find These Suspects?
The Racine Police Department is asking for the community’s help locating four suspects who are wanted for questioning and have active warrants out for their arrest. Anonymous tips about these suspects can be submitted through Crime Stoppers at 262-636-9330, via web at via web at: http://racine.crimestoppersweb.com/, or by text message: RACS to 274637(crimes).
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Op-Ed: Reader Warns Neighbors About Potential Burglar
A Racine County Eye reader posted the following message on Facebook: I live in the 2500 block of Gilson Street, We have been dealing with someone going through our cars since Thanksgiving. Some of the neighbors have gone to the point that they have installed security cameras. I realize that this can be solved by […]
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Police Looking for Suspects from 3 Robberies
Racine police are asking for the public’s help finding the suspect(s) who robbed three businesses Friday in the city, at least one of which was at gunpoint. Police were first called around 10:15 a.m. Friday to the Family Dollar store at 3701 Durand Avenue for a report of a robbery. Witnesses say a black […]
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Spring Street Subway Robbed by Man with Machete
The Subway restaurant at Spring Street and Blaine Avenue was robbed Tuesday by a man wielding a machete. Racine police Sgt. Sam Stulo told The Journal Times that a man armed with a machete entered the Subway, 3437 Spring Street, at 2:40 p.m. Tuesday and demanded money. The suspect was described as wearing a mask and […]
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Do You Know this Armed Robbery Suspect?
Racine police are searching for the man in the photo above for allegedly robbing High Street Foods, 704 High Street, at gunpoint on Dec. 9. According to police, the incident occurred at 10:30 a.m. If anyone has information about this individual, they can leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers at (262) 636-9330, via web […]
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Man Taken to Hospital for Multiple Stab Wounds
A man was taken around noon Sunday at St. Mary’s for multiple stab wounds after possibly being the victim of a robbery. Our media partners at Racine Uncovered are reporting scanner calls from 11:35 a.m. for Racine police and rescue to respond to the area of 3-Mile Road and Erie for a man who stumbled into […]