Thief getting under a car. Sawing off the catalytic converter. 23 39 it was so loud, it was unbelievable. An unexpected discovery at the College Avenue park and ride. 23 33 we started it up and sure enough, it sounds like a race car. Helping his daughter with normal car trouble but quickly realized 24 06 mechanic put it up on the lift the vehicle had been violated. 24 11 the entire catalytic converter had been cut clean and taken out. Thieves had used a saw 31 10 you can tell it was a clean cut. This is not the first time they did it. To take out the catalytic converter. 27 25 i know its not just an isolated incident. In junefox 6 reported similar thefts at the same lot 00 17 i went to start my jeep and nothing happened. A battery was taken from this right here, cut right here and then they went through. And a couple of other cars in the same lot had wheels stolen. Milwaukee police told us thenthere had been one or two car part thefts a month since january. They didnt share updated data when we asked friday. 25 29 we really want to get the word out to let people know whats going on. Heder wants to see more securityeither with cameras or patrols, so others dont become victims themselves. 28 31 somebody really taking ownership. Saying t we need to solve this. The repairs cost heder about 700. He says his daughter will probably be avoiding this parking lot in the future. Live at the College Avenue park and ride, Ashley Sears Fox 6 news. Brad thanks ashley Milwaukee Police officers are shot at after showing up to a burglary scene. Fortunately no one was injured, in the shootout. With a broken door frame on one side. Nats and a bullet hole on the other. Residents along 26th street are dealing with damage left by a suspected thief. He kicked mine in he kicked the next door ladys her garage door in he tried to break inside the red brick house thats why its boarded up Glenn Simmons property was also hit. I was missing some winter items like my and stuff like that he says his son heard a series of banging, then. He heard gunshots, like 4 shots bullets flew after officers responded to a burglary in progress. They say the suspect shot at them and they returned fire. That just goes to show you where we are at in Todays Society when the police get called up on the situation and they get shot at the youth now are fearless the suspect was later arrested are rattled that their neighborhood keeps being targeted. Ive been here since residence 2010 and its the third break in at my residence my daughter in law car was stolen outside of the backyard simmons has taken safety steps on his property. And says he wont be scared away. We are her to stay we are not going to be deterred out of this neighborhood we are here to stay and see and witness and report anything out of the ordinary police say the 23year old suspect is a milwaukee man who has an arrest record with mi be reviewed by the Milwaukee CountyDistrict Attorneys Office in the coming days. A milwaukee alderman says hes standing by his call for more police assigned to the south side. This comes as Common Council president Ashanti Hamilton wants four south side aldermen to take back of this summers series of special meetings to come up with a complete policing strategy. One of those aldermen behind the letter, bob donovan, says he doesnt want officers taken from other highcrime areas. But says something has got to change. Police in menomonie say theyve identified a suspect in the death of a Saudi Arabian student studying at uw stout. Beat to death nearly three weeks ago. According to police they havent found any evidence that would suggest it was a hate crime. Investigators say the suspect is not a uw stout student and he isnt from the area. A milwaukee area Restaurant Owner is sentenced to two years in prison for conspiring with his wife and son to skim millions from his business and failing to report it as income. Federal prosecutors say Paul Bouraxis also paid workers in cash to avoid payroll taxes. The family greenfield. Federal Officials Say more than 3 million was skimmed from the restaurants. His son andreas will serve a year and one day after his father is released from prison. His wife freida will serve six months of house arrest and three years of probation. Discovering a connection. In the middle of controversy. We told you about that ad. A Walkers Point bar took out taking a shot at bradley tech. The president of the bradley Tech Alumni Association decided to meet with the bar owner. Fox6s Angelica Sanchez is at outcome. Theres a new feeling in the air;signaling the start of something new in the Walkers Point neighborhood. i didnt want to join the bandwagon of hate. Theres too much of that. President of the bradley Tech Alumni Association, Anthony Staton explains his reaction to a recent magazine ad for sabbatic bar it reads sabbatic is for lovers and in bold printour back alley where 50 of bradley tech fox6 bar owner jay stamates said the ad was meant to be crude hoping to get the attention of mps officials. He believes students from the nearby Bradley Tech High School are to blame for years of break ins and vandalism at his bar. Milwaukee police say theyve never found a connection to bradley tech students. Jay he was frustrated because he tried to reach out to the folks at mps and he hasnt gotten a good response. mps and other city officials have spoken out against the ad. Staton admits too was taken back by the ad but decided there was a better way to approach the situation. if im going at him and hes goi staton says the two met for three hours thursday night jay stamates confirms the conversation was positive and says its one of the best hes had in his professional career. i found out we had a lot more in common than we had uncommon. I want to build some bridges here i didnt want this to go on and theres bad blood between the students and businesses we need to fix it we need to figure out a way to do it and dialogue is the best way. on monday the two are set to meet again at the alumni meeting at bradley proposed changes to Milwaukee Public Schools tonight as students could see Summer Vacation cut short. Thats if Milwaukee Public Schools gets approval to shift the calendar year from september through june to august through may. Theres also an optional 4weeklong session in june called a jterm. Mps superintendent darienne driver says the jterm will help failing students catch up with their peers. Our Graduation Rate is 58 percent for four years, 74 percent from what is getting done in six years, to making it happen in four years, we need more time. The school board still needs to okay drivers plan and then submit a waiver request to the department of public instruction. The waiver is needed because state law prohibits Public Schools from starting the new year before september first. A creepy case in kenosha. Just got creepier. The suspect in court. Hes accused of secretly recording what police discovered when they searched his home. Lawsuit settled. How much president elect trump is paying to put an end to the case against his embattled university. And a whale of a problem in milwaukee. Why one holiday tradition. Wont happen this year. Those stories in the next 9 minutes. New yorks attorney general calls it a stunning reversal of president elect Donald Trumps position. The president elect is settling for 25 Million Dollars after law suits were filed against trump university. Sharon chen reports from san diego where the trial was scheduled to start. That settlement reached an hour before the hearing was supposed to happen. President elect trump class action lawsuits. Take vo as protestors lined up outside the courthouse. Inside attorney worked to strike a deal. The settlement confirmed during the lunch hour. A 25 Million Dollar victory for the over 6,000 students of the now defunct trump university. Attorneys said from the settlement, students would get back 50 or more of their money. Originaly to be hearing. Trumps attorneys asking for a delay on the trial. Until after the inauguration. But, no trial. Since we have the settlement. Trump will also pay 1 million to the state of new york for violating state education laws. This settlement involves 3 lawsuits. The one filed here in san diego. Another in california and another in new york. As part of that deal, trump will not have to admit any wrong doing. Take sot daniel elect trump has got laser focus on moving forward. Its time to move on, its time to move on. He just wants to put all of his time, energy and talent in solving the problems for this country and he was willing sacrifice her personal interests in not fighting this through and thats the way. Thats the way he feels and thats the reason why we entered into this agreement. Sharon so the big question is. When will students be paid . When the settm judge. Which could come as soon as 3 to 4 months. President elect donald trump announced three Key National Security appointments today. Retired Army Lieutenant general Michael Flynn has been offered the job of National Security advisor. Alabama senator Jeff Sessions has been picked for attorney general. And representative mike pompeo of kansas has been selected for cia director. All three accepted their offers. Learn more about the history of mister trumps appointments dot com. A Kenosha County man is expected to face 14 additional charges, after disturbing videos are discovered in his home. That search was prompted after the popular dj allegedly admitted to placing a spy pen inside a womens restroom. Justin williams with the new information. Even as he shields his face, sir, are you Christopher Bohatkiewicz . Yes, sir. I am. He cant hide from the charges if you waive this hearing, i will find probably cause. Which keep on coming. You still retain friday in kenosha, Christopher Bohatkiewicz begins by waiving his preliminary hearing on the eight felony counts of capturing an intimate representation that he faces. The 42yearold worked as a dj at sullivans place, in kenohsa, where prosecutors say he admitted to placing a spy camera pen on the floor of the womens restroom, on november 14th after police found images of eight people using the facilities on boss is just totally disgusted. After he waives, there were numerous compact discs found, in the basement. The Pleasant Prairie man learns the prosecution plans to level additional charges, based on a collection of videos discovered during a november 9th search of his home. The state is recommending a hundredthousand dollars cash bond for what, i believe, are 14 violations of possession of child pornography. Bohatkiewiczs attorney, unsuccessfully, argues for lower my clients mother, and the mother of his three weekold child are both in court, today. He has every reason in the world to stay here. Bohatkiewicz faces 42 years minimum, if convicted on all fourteen, pending charges, alone. This is in addition to the up to 28 years he faces, in connection with the initial charges. His next Court Appearance is scheduled for the afternoon of november 23rd. Justin williams fox 6 news. One woman is dead and another is hurt after an Early MorningSheriffs Office says it happened about 230 on state highway 16. According to investigators the driver of the pickup truck lost control while taking a curve and rolled the truck. An oconomowoc woman was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. A woman from ixonia was taken to the hospital for treatment. An investigation is underway for a crash at sherman and portage this afternoon. Milwaukee police were called to the scene at about 320. According to officials three vehicles were involved one of them was a ups truck. Looking into what led up to the crash. New at nine we have a bit of sad news tonight. A long time milwaukee tradition has come to an end. At the Milwaukee Public Museum, they kicked off the Holiday Season like no other place in town. Our ben handelmans is live in studio to explain why there is a change in plans this year. Good evening guys. If there is another place on this planet that had a lighting of the whale to kick off the holidays i could not find it and i googled searched. The Milwaukee Public Museum says skeleton but they promise an event just as grand to celebrate. Whether it is the sounds or trees or lights we have made it, to one of our favorite seasons. At the Milwaukee Public Museum when we had our Holiday Party we would wrap the squid, and that eventually morphed into wrapping the whale. Employees in the upstairs taxidermy of the quirkiest most unique ways to kick off the holidays. The lighting of whale took place for a number of years. The museums famed hump back whale wrapped in decorative lights has welcomed hundreds over the years. The museums Vice President of design Julian Jackson is likely taking no joy in telling us last years lighting of the whale was the museums last. Around it we discovered that it was ever so slightly beginning to wear at those bones over time. While these bones are still strong the museum says it is not worth risking harming one of their first artifacts obtained in 1884. The accumulative affect was going to eventually degrade the specimen. Theyve decided to swim in another direction. When you step into the streets youll be emerged in the jingle bells of horses going by, youll see and snow piled up in the corners. Saturday a new tradition is kicking off. A victorian santa who will greet you and carolers who will be in the streets. Deck the streets will transform their recently remodeled old streets of milwaukee. Will it be the same as lighting up a giant whale skeleton . . . No. But this is the season of appreciating old memories while creating new ones. So change is hard. But a great new tradition has been promised. Deck the streets kicks off tomorrow with a full day of events kicking off at 10 am. A mailman just going about his business is robbed of one of his packages but the story doesnt end there. He fights back. And good thing he did. What was inside the stolen package got the feds involved. Plus, Johnson Controls getting tomorrow on wakeup forget shoveling snow shovel in the dough this Holiday Season. An experts shares tips on how to have a with some critters and the holly jolly events they have in store for the winter. Thats tomorrow on wakeup well see you when you wake up. Johnson controls is getting into sports sponsorship by partnering with the pro football hall of fame. The companys name will appear on the hall of fames new 600milliondollar sports and entertainment village as well as the annual enshrinement weekend in canton, ohio. The 18year partnership was announced today. Exact terms were not given but its estimated to be worth more than 3 for more information on this and other stories in the business journal, we have link to their site on ours, fox6now. Com. A wind advisory is in effect until 6pm saturday. Staying overcast and windy this evening with the temperature quickly falling into the 30s. Overnight lows will be right around freezing areawide so a rain snow mix is possible in spots and flurries will likely linger into saturday morning. Temperatures wont move much upper 30s, but gusty winds will keep wind chills in the 20s. Similar conditions expected on sunday but more sunshine and lighter winds. Another storm system will bring rain just before thanksgiving. Tonight light rain snow showers. Windy and chilly. Low 34 wind nw 1525 mph saturday morning flurries then partly sunny, windy and cold. Wind chills 20s. High 37 wind nw 2535 mph its a story youll see only on fox6 dont mess with the thieves try to steal two packages out for delivery yesterday in milwaukee but they dont get away. What was in the package, that turned this into a federal investigation. This years annual powder puff Football Game at Menomonee Falls high school raises money for charity and features some pretty intense signed sealed delivered. And robbed a mail carrier tries to deliver two packages, but gets robbed. But the thieves didnt get away fox6s Myra Sanchick with the story youll see only on fox6. Basically i heard yelling. Neither snow, nor rain can stop the mail, they came screaming past my window. And on milwaukees east side, my dog started barking like happening in my backyard Milwaukee Police confirm thursday morning two men came up to the mail carrier, and grabbed a package he was delivering. Witnesses say the mailman took off after one of them, tackling the teenager in kelsey lambs backyard. I just saw these two men going back and forth. One was a mailman and he was screaming 911 so i actually called 911 pinning the robber to the ground neighb pleaded to be let go. Instead a tenant from the elderly and disabled housing complex across the street ran to help hold the robber down. Sources