Crime & Safety
Teenager Assaulted in Park; Arrest Made
The beating of a 16-year-old boy is at least the second time in the last two months a teenager has been assaulted in an Oak Creek park.
A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after a teenager was assaulted Wednesday night in an Oak Creek park.
The victim told police several unknown boys came out of the woods about 6 p.m. at a park near 7600 S. Clement Ave. and punched and kicked him, according to a police report.
The boy sustained a bruised nose and several small cuts on the inside of his mouth, police said.
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The assault also caused him to drop his cell phone. A police canine was brought in to help search for the phone, but it could not be located, according to the report.
Police determined one of the offenders was a 15-year-old Oak Creek boy who had an open warrant with the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office. Officers arrested him later that night and took him to the children's detention center.
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The 16-year-old is at least the second teenager assaulted in an Oak Creek park in the last two months.
A teenager was jumped by up to six boys in October in a park near the Oak Leaf Trail. Police later arrested two 17-year-olds in connection with that incident.
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