The Brief
- Cameron Jackson was arrested for allegedly stealing two key fobs from an Oak Creek car dealership and fleeing from police.
- During a foot pursuit, Jackson allegedly pointed a realistic plastic model of a handgun at officers before being subdued.
- Jackson faces charges of theft and threatening a court/legal official.
OAK CREEK, Wis. – A 32-year-old Milwaukee man is accused of stealing key fobs from a car dealership and pointing a fake handgun at responding police. The accused is Cameron Jackson – and he faces the following criminal counts:
- Threaten to cause bodily harm to certain individuals involved with a court or legal system
- Theft (value not exceeding $2,500)
Initial call
What we know:
According to the criminal complaint, Oak Creek police responded on Monday morning, Feb. 2, to a car dealership at 27th and Rawson. Employees at the dealership reported a “man who did not work there had been entering cubicles, and they suspected he might be trying to steal keys,” the complaint says.
When officers arrived, they spotted a man matching the description of the person in the dealership. He was crouching behind a car. The complaint says police ordered the man to stop, but he began walking away. The man “began reaching towards his waistband despite commands from the officers to show his hands. The man continued walking away and pulled what the officers believed to be a handgun from his waistband. The officers told him to drop it, but instead in pointed it directly at the officers,” the complaint says.…