Eddie Williams
BROWN DEER, Wis. - A Milwaukee man was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Friday for a Brown Deer armed sexual assault.
Prosecutors said 48-year-old Eddie Williams was already a convicted sex offender who admitted to police that he cut off his GPS ankle bracelet before the August 2023 assault.
In addition to prison time, court records show he was sentenced to 15 years of extended supervision.
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Case details
It began in Milwaukee near Teutonia and North, police said, on Aug. 3, 2023. The victim told police she was looking for a bus stop in the area and asked a man for directions.
The complaint states the two waited for and then rode the bus together, getting off near Brown Deer and Green Bay roads in Brown Deer around 11 p.m. that night. Then, the victim said the man started following her. The sexual assault, the victim said, eventually took place in a grassy, public area not far from the bus stop.
The man dug a knife into the victim's neck during the assault, per the complaint. He also repeatedly punched the victim in the face. She eventually got free and ran for help.
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On Aug. 16, 2024, police released images of the suspect from an MCTS bus camera in an attempt to identify him. Multiple people called, per the complaint, to identify the man as Williams.
Once in custody, the complaint states Williams admitted that he was the man seen in the pictures and on surveillance footage walking away with the victim on Aug. 3 – but denied assaulting her.
Williams also admitted, the complaint states, that he was a sex offender and had cut off his GPS ankle bracelet. Court filings indicate he was previously convicted of first-degree sexual assault and first-degree sexual assault of a child.