Shorewood squad stolen, man arrested stole squad in December: police

SHOREWOOD, Wis. - A Shorewood police squad was stolen on Tuesday evening, May 30, and police said the man arrested stole a Milwaukee police vehicle in December.

The Shorewood crime happened near Capitol and Estabrook around 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Police said during a traffic stop, the man, 34, entered the vehicle and drove off.

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In the bodycam video, you can hear officers saying the car was locked.

"Is that your squad?" an officer asks at Estabrook and Capitol. "What the...(expletive)?"

"Uh, someone just stole my squad..." the officer told dispatch.

Someone inside another squad watched as the police vehicle took off.

"Someone just stole that police car...yes, yes, bro!" they said.

The squad was found abandoned near Capitol and Holton. It was not damaged.

Milwaukee police arrested the 34-year-old a short time later. According to police, he was identified as the same person who stole a Milwaukee squad in December Dec. 5, 2022 near Holton and Keefe during a traffic stop. 

He ditched the car near Richards and Burleigh and ran, but was arrested near Richards and Chambers.

The man, Daniel Barton, was charged with taking/driving a vehicle without the owner's consent. Online court records show a warrant was issued for him in February after he failed to show up for court.

"People were laughing about it just because it’s not the sort of thing that should happen twice," said Veronica Serher.

"I feel like it’d be hard to steal a car, much less a police car, and the fact that it happened twice is wild," said Isabella Puls.