The Brief
- Keyonte Ambrose is charged with armed burglary and disorderly conduct for a Dec. 10 home invasion involving a butcher knife.
- Police tracked a suspect vehicle to Oak Creek, where Ambrose allegedly confessed to stealing laptops and $4,000 for “ransom” over a perceived debt.
- Ambrose pleaded not guilty during a Dec. 26 hearing.
MILWAUKEE – A 20-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of a home invasion at a home on the city’s north side on Dec. 10. The accused is Keyonte Ambrose – and he faces the following criminal counts:
- Burglary (armed)
- Disorderly conduct
Home invasion investigation
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Milwaukee police responded to the area of 34th and Lloyd on Wednesday, Dec. 10, to investigate a home invasion report. A caller indicated a young girl was leaning out the window of the house and yelling for help.
Officers who arrived on the scene spoke with a woman at the residence who indicated she had left the front door of the home unlocked for when the kids returned home from school. The woman told police she was awakened when she heard the front door open and then a “loud voice.” The criminal complaint said the woman saw a man “wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and armed with a large knife. The man with the knife told her to ‘come here,’ but (the woman) instead ran out the side door.”…