Crime & Safety

Police Help Corral Resident's Loose Chickens

The early morning chicken run was just one several calls Greenfield police went on last week.

Why did the chicken cross the road?

A man in the 4700 block of South 60th Street might know.

That man had to be reminded of the city ordinance prohibiting chickens when four of his feathered friends escaped his home and were running loose through the parking lot of Subway at the corner of 60th Street and Layton Avenue at 4:30 a.m. Sept. 10, according to Greenfield police.

The man told police he did not want to go out and chase down his chickens so early in the morning, so with the help of Milwaukee Area Domestic Animal Control, officers corralled them for him.

The following incidents were also reported in the Greenfield Police Department log:

  • A resident in the 3600 block of South 47th Street reported her home was burglarized while she was out of town sometime between Sept. 7 and 4 p.m. Sept. 9.
  • A resident of the apartment complex in the 4200 block of South 61st Street told police he saw a suspicious man walking around the parking lot looking into cars. Police arrested the man, who had numerous rings and tools in his car, for prowling at 1:30 a.m. Sept. 10.
  • An employee at the Vitamin Shoppe, 7515 W. Layton Ave., reported $1,100 in merchandise was found missing during an inventory check Sept. 10.
  • A man found with his pants down while passed out behind the wheel of his Kia Sportage with the windshield wipers on in the El Beso parking lot was arrested for operating while intoxicated at 7 p.m. Sept. 10.
  • A man said $2,000 in paintball equipment was stolen from his car while it was parked at TGI Fridays, 4638 S. 76th St., between 4 p.m. and midnight Sept. 11. The man’s rear passenger side window was smashed, and a duffel bag with the equipment taken from the back seat.
  • Greenfield police helped Milwaukee police look for four men suspected of an attempted armed robbery after a victim said they approached her in the 4000 block of South 56thh Street and asked her for money at 11 p.m. Sept. 13. The woman refused and the men fired a shot at the victim before running eastbound on Waterford Avenue.


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