Milwaukee, WI
Teen blackmailed with inappropriate pictures, Milwaukee man reaches plea deal
OCONOMOWOC, Wis. – A Milwaukee man accused in 2023 of befriending a teen girl online, convincing her to share inappropriate photos and then threatening to leak those photos if she didn’t meet up with him reached a plea deal with prosecutors.
Benjamin Oswald, 25, pleaded guilty to using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, charges of exposing genitals and threatening to communicate derogatory information were dismissed.
According to a criminal complaint, Oswald claimed he was 18 years old and sent a Snapchat friend request to a girl who said she told him she was 14 years old. After accepting the friend request, the victim said she immediately started getting Snapchat messages from this person.
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Prosecutors said Oswald used fake names and threatened to distribute inappropriate pictures of the victim if she did not meet him at an Oconomowoc park. The complaint said the victim initially claimed she didn’t send photos to Oswald, but later said she did because Oswald told her he would “give her drugs and money” in exchange for them.
The victim later stopped responding to Oswald, prosecutors said, after Oswald kept trying to get her to meet up. She blocked him on Snapchat, but got a new friend request from him using a different name the next day. The complaint said Oswald told the victim he would send drugs or alcohol if she met up with him, but the victim told him not to contact her anymore and warned that he would be blocked. Prosecutors said Oswald then threatened to post the inappropriate photos online.
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Prosecutors said the victim was also threatened with the leak of the photos if she didn’t re-add him on Snapchat again after blocking him. According to the complaint, Oswald then gave her a deadline to meet him at an Oconomowoc park, telling the victim if she “didn’t show up, she would regret it.” The victim told police he proved he had the inappropriate photos of her by sending them to her friend. The victim contacted the police to report the harassment and “admitted she was not initially truthful” with officers “because she was afraid she would get in trouble.”
The complaint said the victim’s grandfather chased Oswald’s vehicle after they found him waiting at the Oconomowoc park. The victim, a passenger in her grandfather’s vehicle, was able to identify Oswald as the driver of the car waiting at the park because he “would frequently send her” inappropriate pictures, the complaint said.
The victim said her grandfather got out and tried confronting Oswald, but he sped off. They were all eventually stopped by police.
MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred on early Sunday morning on the 4900 block of W. Capitol Drive that left one person injured.
An 18-year-old sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital for treatment.
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The police is currently looking for an unknown suspect at this time.
Those with information regarding the shooting are encouraged to contact the Milwaukee Police at (414) 935-7360 or contact Crime Stoppers at (414) 224-TIPS or P3 Tips to remain anonymous.
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MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Police Department requested the public’s help to find 11-year-old Sir’Charles Bason, a critically missing boy who was last seen near Teutonia and Kiley at around 6:20 p.m. on Saturday, April 18.
Police described Bason as 4 feet, 5 inches tall with a slim build, brown eyes and black, low-cut hair. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket with green lines, dark-colored jeans, tan sandals and carrying gray Nike Jordan shoes.
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What you can do:
Anyone with information on Bason’s whereabouts is asked to call Milwaukee Police District 4 at 414-935-7242.
The Source: The Milwaukee Police Department released information.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man, previously named one of Wisconsin’s Most Wanted, has been sentenced to prison for shooting and killing his cousin in 2020.
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What we know:
A Milwaukee County jury found 39-year-old Brandon Gladney guilty of first-degree reckless homicide and possession of a firm by a felon earlier this year.
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Judge Michelle Havas sentenced Gladney to 29 years in prison on Friday, April 17. He was granted credit for more than a year’s time served and further sentenced to 14 years of extended supervision.
Arrested in Arizona after years on the run, court records show Gladney has also been ordered to pay the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office more than $1,800 for extradition costs.
Homicide investigation
The backstory:
The shooting happened in May 2020. Investigators said Gladney was captured on video apparently arguing with the victim, his cousin, outside a Milwaukee convenience store near 21st and Meinecke.
“It’s all on video, and it’s devastating for that family,” the marshal on the case told FOX6 when Gladney was profiled on Wisconsin’s Most Wanted. “You have a family member that shot and killed another family member.”
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Prosecutors said Gladney walked away but then returned with a gun pointed directly at the victim and shot him. The victim died from his gunshot wounds at a nearby hospital. Multiple bullet casings were found at the scene.
Gladney went on the run for years. He was arrested in Arizona in January 2023, years after he was charged.
The Source: FOX6 News referenced information from the U.S. Marshals Service, Wisconsin Circuit Court and prior coverage.
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