Milwaukee Black Activist Khalil Coleman And Two Accomplices Including A Minor Arrested In Kentucky After Failed Attempted Armed Robbery Of A Drug House

Coleman and Joshua J. Clarey including a minor were taken into custody on Monday in Kentucky by Eslemere police after a failed armed robbery of a suspected drug house.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

February 17, 2021

Elsemere, Kentucky - On Monday, Khalil Coleman, 34, a well known Milwaukee Black activist who led numerous marches calling for Milwaukee Police accountabilty for police brutality in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin and Justice for murdered George Floyd during the Summer and received a State of Wisconsin citation in July 2020 for community activism and social justice, Joshua James Clarey, 24, and a minor were taken into custody shortly after a failed attempted armed robbery of a suspected drug house. According to the criminal complaint, Coleman and his accomplices went to a drug house and attempted to rob it, but when the robbery failed, they then fled the scene in a vehicle. A snowplow blocked their get away and police managed to arrest the suspects after recovering a Glock handgun with a 50 bullet capacity drum magazine and drugs that included heroin and marijuana.

Coleman was booked on February 15th at the Kenton County jail on charges for 2nd-degree robbery and 2nd-degree unlawful transaction with a minor. If convicted on all charges, Coleman is facing up to 10 years in prison for the first felony count and up to 5 years on the second felony count. Bail for Coleman was set at $10,000 and has a court hearing on February 25.

Clarey was also booked on February 15th at the Kenton County jail and charged with 2nd-degree robbery and 2nd-degree unlawful transaction with a minor, 1st-degree of a substance and is being held on an out of state (Wisconsin) felony warrant for felon possession of a firearm.

If convicted on the 1st and 2nd felony counts, Clarey is facing up to 10 years in prison for the first felony count and up to 5 years on the second felony count and up to 5 years in prison for the 3rd felony count. Clarey will have a court hearing on February 25, according to the Kenton County Sheriff's Office.