Pills went missing, but no one could tie the Maintenance Man to it. That is, until the victim did a little detective work. The victim carries some fear, after his home was broken into a number of times, so he wants to remain anonymous. You feel violated, especially a fellow you trusted. He and his wife of 53 years would often say hello to the Maintenance Man, whos now accused of stealing the couples prescription pills. He happened at least seven times over the last year. And ive been trying to think of a way to, we had suspicion but i was trying to think of a way to prove it. To prove someone was entering his apartment while he was away, he used an old trick. So he put a toothpick in his doorway to see if that would move from the time he left to the time he came back. The toothpick fell, but nothing was missing, nothing except the couples pain pills, but those were in a locked cabinet, so he didnt see how anyone could steal might be losing it a little bit because hes up there in age. Finally, the man came up with a plan, setting up his cell phone and pressing record. Ten minutes after they left, the video shows the thief walking in. The thief came in the front door about ten minutes after the couple had gone to lunch. He immediately went to the medicine cabinet. It took him just two minutes to move the locked cabinet. And unscrew the backside. Preying on elderly people is just vial. Its a great relief to know that he is caught. Coming up at six, what the resident tells us managements doing to hopefully prevent a copycat. Live in racine, michele todays tmj4. Several local businesses are accused of defrauding the government nearly 270 million dollars. This comes after the fbi raided the businesses last week on milwaukees northwest side. Rikki mitchell has been going through a 50 page search warrant and joins us now with more information. Companies who according to authorities illegally became part of Government Programs to collect taxpayer money for themselves. According to federal Court Documents four milwaukee Construction Companies are under investigation sonag companynuvo c3t and pagasa. Search warrants executed also identify six people who investigators say defrauded Government Programs meant for minorities and Service Disabled veterans. The documents allege that the owners of these private ns certain people as president who they knew would qualify for those Government Programs. But those people didnt actually run the daytoday operations. In fact one companys president actually lived in minnesota. According to the search warrants to create the illusion [he] was controlling nuvo an office was maintained for him in the building with personal effects and papers on the desk. A confidential source who worked for the company told the fbi that he didnt know anyone at the company who had ever met documents show that he still received compensation from the company. The complex scheme allowed the companies to receive government contracts that they werent entitled to from agencies like veteran affairs and the u. S. Army. Authorities say this went on for more than 15 years and ultimately the companies illegally obtained 268million dollars in taxpayer money. The fbi did note that it believes lower level employees at the company were not aware of the fraud. We are still waiting to ar involved will face any federal charges. Decision 2016 coverage now Donald Trumps vp pick mike pence is back in wisconsin. Not giving up on the badger state, pence holding an event in downtown milwaukee. This is a live look at the preparations underway at the hilton hotel. The event starts at seven. Pence also made a stop in la crosse this afternoon. Trump is campaigning in florida today. He has an event in kissimmee. Trump has again Hillary Clinton are the founders of isis. Trump also reacting to clintons economic speech calling her a tax and spender. While he vows to slash taxes and regulations. Hillary clinton in warren, michigan today speaking about her commitment to fight for working families and improve the economy. The democratic president ial nominee delivered the speech at a manufacturing plant clinton is expected to release her 2015 tax return as early as tomorrow. Her vp pick tim e returns. Trump has yet to release his taxes. Trump says he would make his tax returns public when the routine audit they are under is complete. The Milwaukee Police department is now hiring looking to fill more than 30 vacant dispatcher positions. Mpd is hosting two open houses. The first one is saturday from 12 to four. The second is august 23rd from four to eight. The open houses will be held at the Emergency Operations center on the 3rd floor of mpd district three thats at 49th and dozens of Police Chiefs from across wisconsin have gathered in green bay to share new ideas and initiatives. Community policing is a big focus at this weeks wisconsin Police Chiefs conference. Some ideas come from the federal government and the president s task force on community policing. Its a great opportunity to get together with chiefs from big cities, small cities, kind of borrow ideas from each other and see whats working for other areas, and its very helpful for all of us. Many of the Police Chiefs say the programs theyve been trying including citizens academies or partnering with Mental Health workers have been making a difference. Packers extra now the department of transportation has issued a travel advisory for the packersbrowns game tomorrow. Highway i41 and nearby roadways in brown county are currently under construction. Barrier walls, orange barrels and narrow lanes will affect travel. The heaviest congestion is expected three hours before. The packers open up their preseason tomorrow against the Cleveland Browns at lambeau. The game will air on wmlw. Kickoff is at seven oclock. The regular season starts on september 11th. Coming up the latest company that will soon start accepting payments through a mobile app. And the charges a 19 yearold man is now facing after climbing the trump tower more news nowthe man who scaled trump tower in new york is undergoing a psychological evaluation. 19yearold stephan rogata climbed 21 floors with suction cups before officers grabbed him and hauled him to safety through a window. He posted an online video saying he wanted a private meeting with trump. Trespassing. You will soon be able to start using your phone to pay at the nations largest drug store chain. Cvs announced today it will start accepting instore payments through its mobile app. The drug store has already has credit card and debit card payment options. It will go live nationwide by the end of the year. Decision 2016 republican president ial candidate mike pence campaigning in milwaukee today. His event is being held at the hilton hotel in downtown milwaukee. It starts at seven tonight. Two topi Donald Trumps statement seeming to urge violence against Hillary Clinton should she be elected. And clinton saying undocumented workers add 12billion dollars a year to Social Security coffers. Politifact putting the pair of claims to tonights truth test. 50 if she gets to pick her judges, nothing you can do, folks. Although the Second Amendment people, maybe there is, i dont know donald trump igniting a firestorm this week use violence to keep their guns in the event of a clinton presidency. The clinton camp immediately condemned the statement. For its part politifact maintains trumps speech when considered in its entirety is difficult to assess with a truthometer. trumps words are just nebulous enough that you cant pin down what he means Trumps Campaign released a statement saying in part . 2nd amendment people have amazing spirit and are tremendously unified, which gives them great political power he certainly left enough room for interpretation uncertainty whether he really meant that at the rally Hillary Clinton talking about Immigration Reform this week. Said undocumented workers actually help pad Social Securitys trust fund. 19 35 people who go to work, help support this economy, pay 12 billion a year into Social Security that figure cited by clinton from the Social Security administration. But politifact maintains other studies cite a smaller number. We also found another estimate that put the specific worker clintons 12billion dollar claim as. Half true hes an olympic cameraman with a special connection to the olympics. Steve chamraz is in the olympic zone with whats coming up at 6 30. Thanks guys. His work, has been captivating audiences for the last seven olympics. But there is one sport the camera man struggles to keep focus on. Why it actually brings tears to his eyes. Thats coming up on the olympic zone at 6 30. Still ahead we could see some storms tonight. John malan tells us what we can expect. And school bus lights. The new regulation that starts soon and what it when the Oil BillionaireKoch Brothers call senator johnson. [ cellphone ringing ]. What do you think they talk about . How the Koch Brothers companies polluted wisconsin, or how they spent millions to support johnson as he voted their way 90 of the time and supported special tax breaks for Big Oil Polluters . Whatever senator johnson and the Koch Brothers talk about, it probably isnt you. Edf action is responsible for the content of this advertising. Sleeping outside for education. Tonight tracey dent and like minded education advocates will spend the night seven pm to seven am, on third and north avenue. Theyre collecting School Supplies to donate to a Milwaukee Public School in need. Starting next week a new school bus warning light regulation goes into affect. The goal is to encourage drivers to not pass school buses. Its an ambercolored light and means the school bus is about to stop so drivers can pass with caution. But once that light turns to red. Drivers should stop. Failure to stop will result in a 326 hundred dollar fine. Storm team 4 now hot and humid, with a chance of some storms. But will it impact people at the wisconsin state fair . Meteorologist Brian Niznansky is live at the fair with todays tmj4 storm a cold front is on the way to bring some relief but first it will be a warm and muggy night developing after 2am, this will keep us cloudy and not give us a viewing of the perseid meteor shower. Scattered showers and storms are possible on friday before in the evening to bring in the drier and cooler air for the weekend. Highs will be in the mid80s despite mostly cloudy skies and the rain chances will keep the mugginess around for one more day. Start out warm and a bit humid but the dew points will be dropping throughout the day and well see mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies and cooler temps in the low 80s. Sunday sunny skies, less humid with highs near 80 degrees, a great weekend to close out the wisconsin state fair. Monday will be the coolest day out of the week with a high of 78 next in sportsa local olympian, hoping for smooth sailing in riolance has some athletes are very superstitious, to get that little edge they need. Count annie haeger among them. The east troy native is in medal contention in the womens 470 two person dinghy event. And along with partner briana specific quirks. annie haeger says we are sisters, i always call her my water wife. Because you always say happy wife, happy life. Were quite different but quite similar. Her strengths are my weaknesses and vice versa so shes my best friend, friend for my whole life. At college. Both of us knew we were superstitious. We melded for the first time in more than a century, golf is back in the olympics. Well show you the first hole in one, at 6. So the unknown like an ace, sparking interest. David Feherty says 1904. Around the world. heres the latest medal count usa leads the way with 35 overall medals, 13 of them gold. China is in second, japan and russia still third and fourth. Great britain rounds out the top 5. Tonights primetime lineup, plenty of star power. Michael phelps and ryan lochte expected to face off for the usa gymnastics star simone biles goes for the world allaround title. Well tell you who had the hole in one at six, and full . . One soontobelegendary winner will have the chance to lead their pack to green bay. 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Deadly explosion. A major rescue operation after fire rages through an apartment building. Dramatic escapes and a frantic search for the missing. Roller coaster horror. A child plunges off a ride in pennsylvania days after shocking incidents at a water slide and a ferris wheel at other parks across the country. And dangerous debris