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Just download the fox 6 Storm Center App its free and available for android and apple devices. Signed sealed delivered. And robbed now in a story only on fox6. A mail carrier tries to deliver two packages, but gets robbed. But the thieves didnt get away fox6s Myra Sanchick is live near arlington and warren on milwaukees east side. Those in this area say the robbers picked the wrong guy to mess with. And the robbers can now face federal charges due to what ws packages. Basically i heard yelling. Neither snow, nor rain can stop the mail, they came screaming past my window. And on milwaukees east side, my dog started barking like crazy. Neither can a pair of robbers. Its scary to think its happening in my backyard Milwaukee Police confirm thursday morning two men came up to the mail carrier, and grabbed a package he was delivering. Tackling the teenager in kelsey lambs backyard. I just saw these two men going back and forth. One was a mailman and he was screaming 911 so i actually called 911 pinning the robber to the ground neighbors heard the robber pleaded to be let go. Instead a tenant from the elderly and disabled housing complex across the street ran to help hold the robber down. Sources tell fox6 in addition to the robbery there was another r to get away. Inside the package, postmarked from las vegas, were drugs. Federal officials were called to the scene to investigate. Its good to know neighbors came to help kelsey lamb says shes proud of her neighborhood which came together to support the mail carrier and deliver a would be robber to police. I called the police. I was doing what i could the actual mailman this happened to had the day off. Milwaukee police say they have a 19 year old suspect in custody and are looking for a second suspect. News bev thanks Myra A Kenosha woman is accused of burning a 4year old child with a clothes iron. Last saturday the child was taken to the hospital with a severe burn on her thigh. Erica fullbright told a hospital employee the child was hurt when the child rolled on to a hot iron on a bed. Police determined the burn was . An intentional act. Fullbright faces two felonies and a incident. Bullets fly between a burglary suspect and Milwaukee Police officers last night right in the middle of a residential neighborhood. It happened as police were responding to a string of breakins. Fox 6s Derica Williams joins us live from district 5 with the latest on the investigation. Fortunately no one was injured during the exchange of gunfire. And the suspect who is responsible for pulling the trigger is in custody. Residents are thankful. Considering the damage that was damage left behind. Nats this is one of several properties on 26th street hit by a suspected thief. He kicked mine in he kicked the next door ladys her garage door in he tried to break inside the red brick house thats why its boarded up Glenn Simmons owns one of the properties targeted. I was missing some winter items like my snow blowers and leaf blowers and stuff like that of banging. Then gunfire. He heard gunshots, like 4 shots a bullet hole was also visible on this garage. Just feet away from nearby residences. Shots were fired after officers responded to a burglary in progress. They say the suspect shot at them and they returned fire. That just goes to show you where we are at in Todays Society when the police get called up on the situation and they get shot at the youth now are fearless justice will be served residents are rattled that their neighborhood keeps being targeted. Ive been here since residence 2010 and its the third break in at my residence my daughter in law car was stolen outside of the backyard simmons has taken safety steps on his property. And says he wont be scared away. We are her to stay we are not going to be deterred out of this neighborhood we are here to stay and see and witness and report anything out of the ordinary police say the 3 has an arrest record with Milwaukee Police. The case will be reviewed by the Milwaukee County District Attorneys Office in the coming days. Ben thanks derica a Kenosha County man is expected to face 14 additional charges, after disturbing videos are discovered in his home. That search was prompted after the popular dj allegedly admitted Justin Williams shares the story. Even as he shields his face, sir, are you Christopher Bohatkiewicz . Yes, sir. I am. He cant hide from the charges if you waive this hearing, i will find probably cause. Which keep on coming. You still retain your right to a trial. Friday in kenosha, Christopher Bohatkiewicz begins by waiving his prelim felony counts of capturing an intimate representation that he faces. The 42yearold worked as a dj at sullivans place, in kenohsa, where prosecutors say he admitted to placing a spy camera pen on the floor of the womens restroom, on november 14th after police found images of eight people using the facilities on the pens memory card. Sick. Sick to our stomachs. My boss is just totally disgusted. After he waives, there were numerous compact discs found, in the prosecution plans to level additional charges, based on a collection of videos discovered during a november 9th search of his home. The state is recommending a hundredthousand dollars cash bond for what, i believe, are 14 violations of possession of child pornography. Bohatkiewiczs attorney, unsuccessfully, argues for lower bail. My clients mother, and the mother of his three weekold child are both in court, today. He has every reason in the world to stay here. Minimum, if convicted on all fourteen, pending charges, alone. This is in addition to the up to 28 years he faces, in connection with the initial charges. His next Court Appearance is scheduled for the afternoon of november 23rd. Anchors . Milwuakee police are investigating a crash involving three vehicles near sherman and portage. It happened just before 330 this afternoon. Officials told us four people were hospital. Its unclear exactly how the crash happened. A milwaukee area Restaurant Owner is sentenced to two years in prison. He;s pled guilty to conspiring with his wife and son to skim millions from his business and failing to report it as income. Federal prosecutors say Paul Bouraxis also paid workers in cash to avoid payroll taxes. The family operates el fuego in milwaukee and el beso in greenfield. Federal Officials Say more tha restaurants. His son andreas will serve a year and one day after his father is released from prison. His wife freida will serve six months of house arrest and three years of probation. Students at Milwaukee Public Schools. Could be starting classes for the 20172018 school year several weeks early. Thats if the district gets approval to shift its calendar from september through june to august through may. In the newsroom with more on the proposal. Currently schools across the district are on varying calendars. This plan would put everyone on the same schedule. A day after the States School district report cards were sent home. Giving Milwaukee Public Schools 2 out of 5 stars. Superintendent doctor darienne driver is outlining her plans to boost mps grade. The urgency, the need is so dire. At a News Conference friday proposed a shift in the calendar year. With classes starting for all mps students the second week in august. And ending the last week of may. With an optional four week long session called a jterm in june. She says the jterm will give failing students time to catch up. Currently, we are at 20 percent proficiency for englishlanguage arts, about 15 percent for math. Our Graduation Rate is 58 percent for four years, 74 percent for six years. We want to close that gap from what is getting done in six years, to making it happen in possible change mps schools arent really that great right now. So anything that could help the students in the longrun, would be great to do. I wouldnt want to change up the schedule. Its too hot in august, generally people do outings in august. In order to get this implemented for the 20172018 school year. The school board needs to give its ok. And then from the department of public instruction. Thats because state law prohibits Public Schools from starting the fall semester before september first. Board president mark sain says the publics feedback on the issue will play a big role in his decision. The main thing that we want is for the community to hear it, and let us know what their thoughts are on the change. Doctor driver says the jterm would cost 3milliondollars upfront. Long term. An mps spokeswoman says the district spends 10milliondollars annually on students who have to repeat grades. Mps is hosting public input session through the end of the month. Just head to fox6now. Com for more information. Reporting live in the newsroom. Madeline anderson fox6 news. Bev thanks madeline . What do you think about the changes mps is proposing . Cast your vote in a poll on fox6 now dot com and the fox6 news app right we also invite you to join the conversation already started on the fox6 News Facebook page. With gun deer season about to get underway hunters are getting ready to head into the woods. Up next. See the preparation it takes not just by the hunters but for businesses all across wisconsin. Plus. More details emerge about who president elect donald trump is asking to join his administration. [ tower pinging ] istling ] weve got a problem, friend. Half off any smartphone for anyone who switches . Whats the problem . The naughty list shouldnt get deals yeah, but anyone who switches gets half off of any smartphone. Even these . Yeah, any smartphone. Call the big guy [ bell dings ] santa . No, jingles. [ knuckles crack ] [ spits ] ooo. Ouch. [ neck cracks ] [ darien ] switch and get half off any smartphone. One of wisconsins great traditions starts tomorrow, with the start of the gun deer hunt season, throughout the state. Fox6s Carl Deffenbaugh checks in with hunters and stores with last minute preparations are underway. Hunters around the have been eagerly anticipating this of the nineday gun deer hunt in wisconsin. im stoked. We went out on the land last weekend to check stands and we had two huge bucks cross in front of us and saw a lot of doe, so im pretty excited. and that anticipation has meant steady business for stores, like the Gander Mountain in germantown. everybody waits til the last second to get their stuff. We were here til 9 30 last night selling licenses and a couple of guns that guys wanted to use going up north. in 2015, more than 600,000 licenses 200,000 deer were harvested over the nineday gun hunt. There are some new rules for 2016, including the way you tag your deer and that hunters no longer need to wear back tags. Plus, in an attempt to appeal to the female hunter, fluorescent pink is allowed as well as orange blaze. not a fan, im sticking traditional orange. and no matter what color you go with, the key to a safe, successful hunt remains the same. know where everybody is at. Know where point. as one of wisconsins great traditions begins anew. Carl deffenbaugh, fox6 news. If you or someone you know is headed out for the gun deer hunt, make sure they snap pictures. We invite you to share them on fox6 now dot com or the fox6 news app. The Photo Gallery will be on our home page. Its time for your news and weather together. An Early Morning rollover Crash Leaves One woman dead and another happened about 230 this morning on state highway 16. The Sheriffs Office says the driver of the pickup truck lost control while taking a curve and rolled the truck. An oconomowoc woman was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene. A woman from ixonia was taken to the hospital for treatment. Two people are recovering after a threevehicle crash near 6th and oklahoma last night. It happened shortly before 830. Milwaukee fire Officials Say one of the two people injured was trapped be extricated. Both of them were taken to froedtert for treatment. Theres no word on how badly they were hurt. The American Red Cross is assisting three families displaced in an Apartment Fire in south milwaukee. Authorities were called to the apartment at 13th and manistique about 615 this morning for a kitchen fire. The red cross is assisting ten people. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Theres no word on how much it will cost to clean up. Toss to weather temperatures in the upper 60s and thunderstorms across the area. This is all ahead of our next cold front, and big changes are coming. Highs will take about a 30 drop to the upper 30s tomorrow. A wind advisory also goes into effect at 3pm this afternoon expect gusts up to 45 mph. With the cooler weather, our rain chances will turn into snow chances overnight. That said, were not expecting any accumulation to stick. Highs will stay in the 30s through the weekend, and warm back to the 40s by next week. Tonight windy. 33 wind w 1525 mph saturday Early Morning snow showers. Very windy with wind chills in the 20s. High 37 wind nw 2535 mph sunday mostly sunny and cold. Am low 25 high 38 wind nw 515 mph monday mostly sunny. High 42 wind e 510 mph tuesday mostly cloudy with a chance for rain showers. Am low 30 high 46 wind se 515 mph wednesday mostly cloudy with a chance for rain showers. Am low 39 high 46 wind nw 515 thank tom Everybody Needs a way to stay warm in the winter. Up next. How some milwaukee firefighters spent today making sure kids in the area arent simply guaranteed. One, being if you live in wisconsin you will need a good winter coat. Some milwaukee firefighters were kids had some. Nat can you say a grand entrance. Milwaukee fire drove up to Gilbert Stuart Elementary School friday morning with sirens blaring to the delight of awaiting students. They also surprised the firefighters with a song. Thank you. Thank you. We really want to thank you. This is the culmination of warm up winter an initiative that started five years ago. We were notified that there were students that do not have school they were not able to go out and play. And firefighters went into action going on out on corners for three consecutive days in june with boots collecting money to make a day like this happen. Every year they have given more and more and more. We had a goal of 120,000. They actually, with their support, we made 130,000 this year. 41. That translates to seven thousand brand new coats this year. And in the five years of doing this more than 23thousand coats have been given out to students in m schools. About 80 of our families are living in poverty and so we do our best to make sure that we can support them in any way possible and our firefighters have been doing this for five years. There is no more important person to us firefighters than you. Before the big hand out firefighters give the captive audience a lesson in fire safety. And then fittings for the coats. Nat. Making these little ones have help enduring the cold mps picks the schools to recieve the coats each year. Todays coat give away came at the perfect time tonight the temperatures are expected to drop dramatically. President elect donald trump announcing more appointments to his cabinet today. He could be looking to one of his biggest critics for a top spot on the team. Who he may appoint to secretary of state next. Criticism after asking for more officers on the south side. How hes defending his request coming lawsuits against Trump University reaching a major settlement this afternoon. New York Attorney schneiderman says they will be settled for 25milliondollars. He called it a stunning reversal of president elect Donald Trumps position. The suits had alleged Trump University failed to deliver the quality Real Estate Investing education it promised. The settlement doesnt require mr. Trump to acknowledge any wrongdoing. Meanwhile the trump transition is taking shape. Three more Major Administration positions are announced today. Joel waldman is in washington three more top level positions. Selecting kansas congressman, mike pompeo, to lead the cia, while tapping alabama senator Jeff Sessions for attorney general. Retired Lieutenant General Michael Flynn is being asked to serve as National Security adviser. And, tomorrow, in new jersey, mr. Trump is set to meet with one of his fiercest republican critics, mitt romney. About a possible role as secretary of state. Conway says been through the political fire. Represented the around. Democratic massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and big mr. Trump critic using the romney meeting to take a swipe at the two. While pushing for more female cabinet contenders. Warren tweeting. Gov mittromney when youre meeting with realdonaldtrump, maybe you could bring your binders full of women with you . And, new york city mayor bill de blasio, who earlier in the week met with mr. Trump and voiced concerns about everything from tax breaks for the rich