Posted on Friday, 23rd January 2009 by Bruce
Brent Wray, please report to the Milwaukee County Safety Building, Room 221, at 1:30 today. They’re expecting you. Lunch will not be served. From the Chicago Tribune:
“A criminal complaint filed Thursday in Milwaukee County Circuit Court accuses 24-year-old Brent Wray of taking just over $28,000 from the Betty Brinn Children’s Museum in Milwaukee since 2006 while employed there.
According to the complaint, museum officials investigating missing funds discovered he had been punching in fraudulent refunds and deleting payments, taking cash on a regular basis in amounts as high as $900.”
Remember, Wray is innocent until proven guilty. But if the charges alleged in the criminal complaint have merit, (and one would presume they would, given the amount of time investigators and museum officials have had to document Wray’s alleged behavior) could the son of Madison’s top cop truly take cash in sums as high as $900.00 from a childrens museum, and expect no one to notice?
UPDATE:
Commissioner Geneva McKinley found probable cause in the case and set bail of a $5000 signature bond. Wray’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for February 2nd, 2009.
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January 23rd, 2009 at 8:37 am
Hell of an accounting system they have at Betty Brinn.
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 am
Remember, Wray is innocent until proven guilty. But if the charges alleged in the criminal complaint have merit, (and one would presume they would, given the amount of time investigators and museum officials have had to document Wray’s alleged behavior)
Ha ha. Good thing you’re not biased.
January 23rd, 2009 at 11:48 am
If convicted, what is poor un-hireable Brent going to do for the rest of life? How is he going to pay for his health insurance and FHA loan? 10′s of millions of un-employable people like this flock to social welfare centers (as they did in the 80′s to Milwaukee) and wreck entire communities. Can you leave your garage door open at night?
Classic social liberal entitlement response is to create jobs for them. Just like you can’t force someone to read a book, you can not force people to work hard or even work at all. We are all FREE to choose. We already provide entitlement education, social secuity and medicare for people who can’t, but you’ve got to cut the cord for free people to fend for themselves to decide to spend money on big screen TV or SUV instead of health insurance?
If 47 million people really want affordable healthcare, then lets have the governemt or Brent budget their monthly income, such that’s its not spent frivoulously and is spent on quality health insurance for quality healthcare.
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Say again, Mr. Heck?
January 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Perhaps you can be more specific Mr. Heck.
January 24th, 2009 at 8:55 am
Ironically, Hal Harlowe is the attorney representing Brent Wray. If my memory serves me correctly, Harlowe was an attorney for “Patty,” a woman raped in Madison by a stranger and later arrested by Madison police for allegedly lying about the rape. DNA from the scene of the rape later exonerated “Patty,” and was absolute egg on the face of Madison police. This matter was a subject of the book “Cry Rape.”
Harlowe is a well known deal cutter. A dollar to a donut wins a bet that says Brent Wray will get probation and have to pay back the restitution. I wouldn’t worry about Brent Wray being “un-employable.” I’m sure his father, Noble Wray, can pull a few strings with affirmative action groups in Madison. Plus, Noble Wray is tight with Gov. Doyle. Before Diamond Jim leaves office, he may give young Brent a pardon.
January 24th, 2009 at 9:12 am
“Cry Rape,” by Isthmus‘ News Editor Bill Lueders. Great book. A glimpse into how the “kinder, gentler” Madison Police Department treated one legally blind rape victim.
The Madison City Council later approved a resolution to pay $35,000.00 in restitution to “Patty,” and Noble Wray received a standing ovation in front of the council for his public apology to her.
Yet, as recently as 2007, Madison Police Department investigative guidelines still offered the provision that “Police officers may use trickery and deception only as a last resort when they believe people reporting crimes are lying.”
Resources:
http://www.madison.com/archives/read.php?ref=/tct/2007/02/28/0702280439.php
http://www.cryrapebook.com/Opinion2004.html