Marvin Millner, 57, And Terry Johnson, 47, Charged For The Homicide Of Rodney Jay Surprise, 46, In The Southside Of Milwaukee

The criminal complaint says that Johnson, Millner and a third unidentified suspect beat Surprise at a Milwaukee Southside gas station and stole his vehicle.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 31, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Friday, both Terry Johnson, 47, and Marvin Millner, 57, were charged with one count each for felony murder, robbery with use of force including a modifier for party to a crime; and Millner was charged with an additional felony count for taking vehicle without the owners consent and use of force for the October 25 beating death of Rodney Jay Surprise, 46.

Both Johnson and Millner are facing up to 15 years in prison for robbery and up to $50,000 in fines each with an additional 15 years in prison each for felony murder. Millner is also facing an additional 15 years in prison for taking a vehicle without the consent of the owner using force.

A cash bond of $75,000 each was set for Johnson and Millner.

Johnson and Millner will have a preliminary court hearing on November 8.

According to the criminal complaint, the three suspects beat Surprise at the Petro Mart gas station at the 2300 block of S. Chase Ave. near W. Lincoln Ave. on October 25. Surprise was dragged out from the gas station by Johnson and a third suspect who punched him while inside the gas station. The suspects also continued to beat him outside near his vehicle.

Millner then got into Surprise's vehicle and drove away leaving Surprise on the pavement.

The incident was recorded by surveillance cameras at the gas station.

Surprise suffered life-threatening injuries and later died at a local hospital from blunt force trauma, according to the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.

The third unidentified suspect is being sought by police.

Kasdrof Law Firm Attorney Indicated, That El Rey Enterprises Have No Control Of Marshal Public Safety Officers In Their Property, Even When Contracted To Provide Security Services Ending In The Death Of Luis Lorenzo

A lawfirm representing El Rey Enterprises (Supermercados) in a leaked document to Attorney Sulton, who is representing the Estate of Luis Lorenzo indicated, that El Rey Enterprises don't control what Marshal Public Safety officers do in their property, eventhough they are paid under contract to provide security services at El Rey Supermarket on S. Chavez Dr. in the Southside of Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 31, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) received a leaked document that was mailed by the Kasdrof Law Firm representing El Rey Enterprises (Supermercados) to the Sulton Law Firm that represents the Estate of Luis Lorenzo. Attorney Colin J. Casper from the Kasdrof Law Firm wrote, "Marshal Public Safety and its employees are not subject to the control of El Rey." In other words, El Rey Enterprises is not legally responsible for what Marshal Public Safety officers do in the property of El Rey, especially when they are paid under contract to provide security services.

El Rey Enterprises including the Marshal Public Safety, LLC were named in a civil lawsuit filed on September 29, 2022 in Milwaukee County by Attorney William Sulton representing the Estate of Luis Lorenzo.

According to sources, Sulton responded and asked Casper, to provide any case law that shows a property owner that contracts security is not responsible for any alleged liability a security officer commits under a paid contract in the owner's property.

In September,  Special Administrator Wanda Rodriguez for the Estate of Luis Lorenzo filed a civil lawsuit in Milwaukee County against El Rey Enterprises, LLC, El Rey Enterprises, LLP II (El Rey Supermarket on S. César E. Chávez Drive); Marshal Public Safety, LLC, defendant Enoch Wilson; Burns and Wilcox Ltd and West Bend Mutual Insurance Company claiming wrongful death by negligence and seeks compensatory, general damages and attorney's fees to be determined a 12 member jury.

According to Attorney Sulton who is representing the Estate of Luis J. Lorenzo, 36, in the Milwaukee County civil lawsuit claims that Lorenzo went to El Rey Supermarket on July 9, 2022 to purchase some items and was confronted by Marshal Public Safety Officer Anthony "Tony" James Nolden, 59, which attempt to keep Lorenzo from entering the store with a backpack in his shoulder. The Estate of Lorenzo lawsuit says that Nolden pepper sprayed Lorenzo as he attempted to leave the store. Then as Lorenzo exited, Enoch Wilson, 45, the director of the Marshal Public Safety company who arrived at the scene including Nolden took down Lorenzo in the parking lot after Nolden pepper sprayed Lorenzo for a second time. While Lorenzo was on the ground and blinded, he feared for his life and was defending himself while two large armed men tried to subdue him. Wilson took out his handgun out and shot Lorenzo to death.

The lawsuit also claims that Marshal Public Safety (MPS) officers have no police powers under the law.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office nor the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office have confirmed who fired the fatal shot that killed Nolden.

Both Lorenzo's and Nolden's deaths were ruled homicides by the Milwaukee County Medical Examiner's Office.

Also, at the time of the deadly confrontation at El Rey Supermarket, both Wilson and Nolden had their firearms licenses expired. Nolden's firearm license expired on March 10, 2022 and Wilson's license to carry a firearm expired on June 28, 2022, according to the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services website.

62-year-old Robert Allen Walczykowski Sr. Charged With Disorderly Conduct For Grabbing Trevon Burks, 24, By The Neck In The Southside Of Milwaukee

Walczykowski Sr. was criminally charged with disorderly conduct for holding and grabbing 24-year-old Burks by the neck who has a mental capacity of a 5-year-old without his consent and falsely accusing him of taking part in stealing a bicycle with another individual.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 27, 2022

Milwaukee. Wisconsin - On Thursday, Robert Allen Walczykowski Sr., 62, of 2143 S. 25 Street was charged with misdemeanor disorderly conduct for the October 10, 2022 assault of Trevon Burks, 24, who has a mental capacity of a 5-year-old. Walczykowski Sr. was caught on Facebook live video with his hand around Burks neck and holding him against his will and falsely accused him of taking part in stealing a bicycle with another unidentified individual during a 911 call.

If convicted, Walczykowski Sr. is facing up to 90 days in jail and up to $1,000 in fines.

Walczykowski Sr. court preliminary hearing is set for November 2, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. the Safety Building room 221.

In the Facebook video recorded by LivingLife Wright (DeAngelo Wright), Burks denies that he touched the bicycle, looked confused and frightened.

The Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office and police attempted to persuade Tracy Burks, his mother on October 10th not to press charges against WalczykowskiSr.  who is White, but Tracy filed a criminal complaint against Walczykowski Sr.

A GoFundMe account for Burks has raised more than $70,780 of the $50,000 goal.

Black Live Matters activists, Black community activist Vaun L. Mayes and Darryl King Rick Farmer II and the Original Black Panthers including Walter Garron from the Brown Berets of Wisconsin have pushed for Walczykowski Sr. to face criminal charges.

Mayes released the following statement regarding Walczykowski Sr.'s charge, "Just another instance of how weak our DAs are. They literally complained that he was too disabled to give more info. They have video evidence and a witness statement. But we expected this. Took them 17 days to essentially give him a damn ticket. This should have gone to the DOJ or FBI as a hate crime, and it will since they are too incompetent to do their job correctly. What a slap in the face to both black and disabled people. So someone can think you know someone committed a crime and can hold you BY/WITH FORCE and get the same ticket as someone who yells too loudly in public."

Farmer II released the following statement, "IT IS INTOLERABLE AND UNACCEPTABLE THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE CONTINUES TO NOT TAKE THE PLIGHT OF THE BLACK AND BROWN IMPOVERISHED COMMUNITY!! A SPECIAL NEEDS BLACK MAN WAS CHOKED AND FALSELY ACCUSED OF STEALING A BIKE!! THE SUSPECT HILLBILLY BOB FELT THE NEED TO GRAB, CHOKE AND HOLD THIS YOUNG MAN AGAINST HIS WILL!! THE D.A. CARES NOTHING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY!! WE DEMAND THE CHARGES BE AMENDED TO ASSAULT AND BATTERY ALONG WITH KIDNAPPING!! MILWAUKEE IS THE MOST RACIST AND HYPER-SEGREGATED CITY AND COUNTY IN AMERIKKKA!! ONCE AGAIN IT WAS SHOWN TO THE PEOPLE OF COLOR!! TIME TO RECALL THE D.A. JOHN CHISHOLM AND MAYOR CAVALIER JOHNSON!!"

Carjacking Homicide Reported In The Southside Of Milwaukee, 46-year-old Rodney Jay Surprise Succumbed To Injuries

Milwaukee police are investigating a carjacking the resulted in a homicide of a 46-year-old male driver in the Southside of Milwaukee.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 27, 2021

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - Police in Milwaukee are searching for suspects allegedly involved in a carjacking on Tuesday, October 25 at around 11:30 p.m. ending with a homicide of the driver identified as Rodney Jay Surprise, 46, of Wauwatosa.

Surprise was struck and beatened by unknown suspects at the Petro Mart gas station at the 2300 block of S. Chase Ave. near W. Lincoln Ave. and suffered critical injuries. His vehicle was stolen by the suspect.

The vehicle was later recovered, but had all its tires missing.

Surprise succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday, according to police.

61-year-old Tina Feiertag Facing More Than $175,000 in Medical Bills After Surviving A Hit-and-run In The Southside Of Milwaukee, Suspect(s) Still Being Sought By Milwaukee Police

61-year-old Feiertag who survived a hit-and-run incident in mid September at S. 16th Street and W. Lincoln Ave. is now facing more than $175,000 in mounting medical bills.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 27, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Thursday, Tina Feiertag, 61, told Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) that she is facing more than $175,000 in mounting medical bills and not counting the 21 days of rehabilitation care that she went through. Her insurance covers a fraction of the bills, which Feiertag says other pending medical bills and expenses haven't arrived yet for collection.

Feiertag is now gradually recovering at home because her insurance just covers so many days to be at the hospital.

Feiertag spent 11-days in at Froedtert Hospital, which cost a total of $57,127 (or $5,193 per day) just for the room, not counting other medical treatment and provided care including medication.

The rehabilitation medical care bill for her 21-days of treatment hasn't arrived yet for collection, according to Feiertag and she is now worried how she will pay for all the medical and rehabilitation treatment bills. 

So far, Feiertag says that more than $175,000 of medical bills are due. Her niece Teri Feiertag created a GoFundMe account of $8,500, but has only raised $1,200.

Milwaukee police previously confirmed that the suspect(s) involved in Feiertag's hit-and-run incident on September 21, 2022 at S. 16th Street and W. Lincoln Ave. in Milwaukee are still being sought. Police are looking for a maroon Acura and the license plates used in the vehicle were not registered to it.

Texas Rapper From Houston Trae Tha Truth In Milwaukee To Meet 24-year-old Trevon Burks Who Was The Victim Of A Hand Grab Choke Hold By A 62-year-old White Man, In The Southside Of Milwaukee

24-year-old Burks, who has special needs got the meet Texas artist Trae Tha Truth and DeAngelo Wright who took a live Facebook video showing Robert Allen Walczykowski grabbing Burks by the throat while calling 911 and falsely accusing of being connected to a stolen bicycle.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 24, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Monday, Vaun L. Mayes, a well known Black community activist and a Civil Rights advocate announced that Texas rapper artist and record executive from Houston, Texas, Trae Tha Truth (birth name, Frazier Othel Thompson III) visited Milwaukee to especially surprise and meet Trevon Burks, 24, who has special needs and who had becomed a victim of an assault and was held against his will by a White individual who was identified as Robert Allen Walczykowski Sr., 62, in alleged false pretences while calling 911.

Walczykowski Sr. on October 10, in front of his home 2143 S. 25th Street in Milwaukee assaulted Burks in the middle of the street and held him against his will while grabbing Burks by the neck with his left hand until DeAngelo Wright, a good samaritan arrived at the scene and began to record the incident and forced Walczykowski to release Burks neck. Wright's live Facebook video went viral. 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A. (HNNUSA) was the first news source to report about the incident.

So far, Walczykowski Sr. as of Monday hasn't been charged with multiple criminal offenses for assaulting a special needs person and holding him against his will including making false allegations in a 911 call.

Trae Tha Truth also has a special needs child, according to Mayes. In a released statement, Mayes stated on Monday when contacted by HNNUSA, "Essentially Jasmine Tyler, who works with Trae and other artists, reached out on Trae's behalf to connect with the family. As he expressed, he also has a special needs child so this situation touched and moved him personally. I connected them with the family, they arranged to surprise Trevon today with these items just out of love and to show support and concern around the facts of the actual incident far as why there hasn't been any movement towards charges. Shaun King is also working with us all to support. We just want to unify our platforms and efforts to seek resolution, which is the priority."

The Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) released a statement in their Facebook page that they're aware of the viral video posted by LivingLife Wright (DeAngelo Wright), but as of Monday, no criminal charges have been filed against Walczykowski Sr. by police or the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office. The MPD Facebook page has been inundated with posted comments by Facebook users in Milwaukee and surrounding areas pushing and demanding for Walczykowski Sr. to be charged criminally.

Burks received 6 bicycles and other gifts from Trae Tha Truth and crew, and treated Burks and his family including Mayes to a restaurant. Wright was also invited to the restaurant and a press conference held afterwards. 

Also a GoFundMe account with a goal of raising $50,000 has been created for Trevon. So far within less than 24 hours, the GoFundMe has raised more than $59,288.

To date, Walczykowski Sr. has not released any statement regarding the incident.

Editor's note:

Images and video courtesy of Vaun L. Mayes.

Also, Darryl King Rick Farmer II and the Original Black Panthers of Milwaukee on Monday afternoon went to the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office to assure that Robert A. Walczykowski Sr. gets charged. The Milwaukee County D.A.' s Office confirmed that it is reviewing the police criminal complaint and will determine whether to charge Walczykowski Sr. with a crime.

During a press conference  on Monday, Tracy Burks, the mother of Trevon indicated that Walczykowski Sr. committed a hate crime and should face criminal charges.

Walter Garron from the Brown Berets on Tuesday says, that the police report indicates that Burks has a mental capacity of a 5-year-old and that according to the police chief an additional charge for child abuse will be added to the pending criminal complaint and on Wednesday the Milwaukee County D.A.'s office will get the upgraded criminal complaint to review against Walczykowski Sr.. Gerron indicated that the D.A.'s office has been hesitant to file any charges against Walczykowski Sr. who is White indicating White privilege.

On October 10, 2022, Jasmine Tyler posted in her Facebook account that the Milwaukee County District Attorney’s Office and police visited Trevon Burks and his mother Tracy Burks in an attempt to persuade them not to file criminal charges against Walczykowski Sr. (See attached Facebook post)

526 Native American Dancers Representing 100 Tribal Nations Attend Three-day Hunting Moon Pow Wow 2022 In Milwaukee

The three-day Hunting Moon Pow Wow 2022 at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee draws hundreds of Native American dancers representing 100 tribal nations.

By H. Nelson Goodson 

Hispanic News Network U.S.A.

October 22, 2022

Milwaukee, Wisconsin - On Friday, October 21, 2022, the Hunting Moon Pow Wow 2022 took place at the Wisconsin Center in downtown Milwaukee after being absent since the COVID-19 pandemic began nearly 3 years ago.

About 526 registered Native American dancers representing at least 100 tribal nations attend the three-day Pow Wow at the start of the event sponsored by Potawatomi Hotel and Casino.

The Pow Wow ends on Sunday and has free admission for the public attending. Food, frybread and an array of Native American traditional items including clothing and genuine silver Native American jewelry and etc. sold by a variety of vendors.