The Brief
- Elm Grove police say three men are tied to burglaries across southeast Wisconsin and Illinois.
- Investigators say one Franklin theft alone involved about $200,000 in cash.
- Angelo and Janko Petrov are jailed in Waukesha County while Ali Ivanov is held in Cook County.
ELM GROVE, Wis. – A trio of men accused of a string of burglaries across southeast Wisconsin and northern Illinois are behind bars, investigators say, tied to multiple break-ins that netted tens of thousands of dollars in cash.
What we know:
According to the Elm Grove Police Department, surveillance video from November shows a man breaking into a home where the homeowner later reported several items stolen, including a gun, passport, gold ring and a safe containing $50,000 in cash.
Prosecutors say that burglary was part of a broader pattern of crimes reported in Brookfield and New Berlin, as well as in Mequon and Franklin, where one homeowner reported $200,000 in cash taken.…