Convicted: Three men charged in UW-Milwaukee burglaries plead guilty

MILWAUKEE (WITI) -- Three men accused of burglarizing dorms on the UW-Milwaukee campus have pleaded guilty.

All three of those charged in this case had plea hearings on Thursday, June 19th.

19-year-old Andre Dallas of Milwaukee initially faced five felony charges in the case -- four charges of burglary of a dwelling as party to a crime, and one count of conspiracy to commit burglary to a building or dwelling.

Dallas has pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary of a dwelling as party to a crime.

Two charges against him were dismissed as part of the plea deal.

Dallas has a sentencing hearing set for August 7th.

The other two charged in this case are 19-year-old Rendell Giles and 17-year-old Michael Scott.

Giles and Scott have each pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary of a dwelling as party to a crime.

Two of the charges against Giles were dismissed.

Giles and Scott will be sentenced on August 7th.

According to the criminal complaint, around 4:00 a.m. Sunday, February 16th, a UW-Milwaukee student living in Sandburg Hall’s South Tower called UW-Milwaukee police to report a loaded handgun he found lying on his roommate’s bed. His roommate was later identified as Andre Dallas.

When a UW-Milwaukee police officer entered the residence where the loaded handgun was reportedly discovered, the officer found in plain view numerous backpacks, ID cards belonging to individuals not living in the residence, multiple PlayStation game consoles and controllers, an Xbox game console, numerous iPhones, numerous iPads, large quantities of money, a marijuana grinder – and the handgun, which was discovered loaded with eight rounds of 9mm ammunition. All of this, according to the search warrant.

The criminal complaint indicates the handgun was found to be a Smith and Wesson 9mm handgun. A stolen item check was performed on the handgun – and it was discovered that the weapon was reported as stolen to the Milwaukee Police Department. The weapon was entered as stolen in July of 2009.

A floor-by-floor search was conducted inside Sandburg Hall’s North Tower — and around 5:00 a.m., Dallas, Giles and Scott were apprehended as they were exiting a suite in Sandburg Hall’s North Tower, according to the criminal complaint.

According to the complaint, Dallas, Giles and Scott were found to be in possession of one or more wallets containing personal documents and effects that did not belong to them.

Following their arrest, Giles admitted that he, Dallas and Scott entered rooms in Sandburg Hall’s South Tower with the intention of taking electronics and money. Giles told police he entered roughly seven to eight rooms.

According to the criminal complaint, the following items were found in the Sandburg Hall South Tower dorm room to which UW-Milwaukee police were initially called after the loaded handgun was discovered: