Walker’s Point standoff, Milwaukee man charged

MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee man arrested after a standoff with police on June 6 is now charged with a number of counts.

Prosecutors accuse Otis Frazier, 27, of involvement in two separate prison incidents on Could 18 – weeks earlier than his arrest.

On Could 18, round 5:25 p.m., police had been known as to a enterprise close to ninth and Atkinson. There, a prison grievance states, a sufferer informed police that she and a witness had been on the enterprise when a person pulled up in a blue SUV.

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The person, since recognized as Frazier, had a gun and allegedly stated to the sufferer: “(Expletive) the place my cash? Thought I wasn’t gonna catch you?” The sufferer stated Frazier threatened to kill her and pointed his gun at her.

The grievance states the witness noticed Frazier seize the sufferer and power her into his blue SUV. The sufferer stated to Frazier “please do not kill me,” and the 2 drove round in Frazier’s SUV. Allegedly, Frazier continued to threaten the sufferer and demand cash till dropping her off greater than 5 miles away close to Mitchell Park on the Milwaukee’s south aspect.

The night time of Could 18, hours after the alleged abduction, the grievance states police had been known as to the realm of thirtieth and Brown for a lacking particular person report. Whereas investigating, officers stated an SUV appeared and began accelerating towards them earlier than slowing down. The motive force was holding a gun exterior his window and “fired a number of instances at them.” The SUV then drove off. Detectives discovered 4 bullet casings on the scene, all fired from the identical gun.

A suspect SUV within the capturing was noticed on a Milwaukee police pole digicam a couple of blocks away close to thirty fifth and Lisbon. Shortly after, police performed a site visitors cease and arrested a person who was driving the SUV. The person was the one particular person within the SUV, however didn’t match the outline of the shooter/driver close to thirtieth and Brown.

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The grievance states the person informed police that he had solely gotten the SUV “roughly 5 minutes previous to being stopped.” When proven a photograph of Frazier, the person “made no assertion.” A couple of days later, police listened to certainly one of that man’s jail cellphone calls. Throughout a name, the grievance states, a girl informed the person that “police arrested the flawed man.”

A forensic investigator discovered finger and hand prints on the SUV the person was driving. These prints, the grievance states, belonged to Frazier – not the driving force who police took into custody. A bullet casing was discovered on the driving force’s aspect flooring; it matched these discovered on the capturing scene, the grievance states.

On Could 19, the grievance states, police confirmed the kidnapping sufferer an image of the suspect SUV concerned within the capturing. The sufferer “gasped and have become emotional” upon seeing the image. She stated she acknowledged a sweatshirt, seen within the backseat, from when Frazier kidnapped her.

Walker’s Level standoff

On June 6, police went to a house close to tenth and Pierce to execute a search warrant. A girl and three children voluntarily left the home. Frazier, nevertheless, engaged in a “prolonged standoff” with officers, in response to the grievance. He was finally discovered hiding within the attic.

Officers discovered a gun and ammunition, however the weapon was not concerned within the beforehand described incidents, the grievance states. Officers additionally discovered 13.2 grams of cocaine, baggies and a digital scale; the objects had been believed to be Frazier’s.

Police presence close to ninth and Pierce, Milwaukee

The girl informed police that the blue SUV belonged to the person who police had initially taken into custody – not Frazier – however that Frazier had “beforehand” been within the car. After the capturing close to thirtieth and Brown, the grievance states, Frazier informed the girl “in a panic” that “police had shot at him, however he didn’t shoot at them.”

In all, Frazier is charged with seven counts:

• First-degree recklessly endangering security (3 counts)
• Possession of a firearm by a felon (2 counts)
• False imprisonment
• Possession with intent to ship cocaine

Frazier made an preliminary court docket look on June 10, and a decide set money bond at $100,000. He’s due again in court docket on June 21.