The Brief
- Chamari Williams was sentenced to 18 months of probation for a 2025 hit-and-run crash in Milwaukee.
- Williams pleaded guilty to striking motorcyclist Gustavo Rojas near 27th and Medford, fleeing the scene, and driving without a valid license.
- The collision resulted in the below-the-knee amputation of Rojas’s right leg.
MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee County judge sentenced Chamari Williams on Thursday, June 25, to 18 months probation in connection with a hit-and-run crash that left a man without a leg in August 2025.
Williams pleaded guilty in March to charges of hit-and-run involving great bodily harm, and knowingly operating without valid license. In court on Thursday, the judge sentenced Williams to a year in the House of Correction, but then stayed that sentence, instead opting for probation.
Case details
The backstory:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded to a collision between a car and a motorcycle near 27th and Medford on Aug. 20, 2025. The operator of the motorcycle, 29-year-old Gustavo Rojas, remained on the scene. He suffered an amputation of his right leg below his knee. The driver of the car did not remain on the scene to help Rojas and “did not call for medical attention,” the complaint says.
Investigating officers later learned the car was registered to the defendant, Chamari Williams. An officer attempted to make contact with Williams on Aug. 21, but was not successful. On Aug. 22, the defendant appeared at the Milwaukee Municipal Court and asked to speak with that same officer.…