What was supposed to be a quick Facebook Marketplace meetup in Brookfield over a pair of designer glasses has landed two Milwaukee men in serious legal trouble. Prosecutors say the sale turned into an armed robbery, the seller was forced into a vehicle, and he walked away with scrapes and cuts instead of cash.
Authorities identified 30-year-old Kenyadies Phipps and 23-year-old Glen Veasley as suspects in the case. Both are due back in Waukesha County court on Thursday, May 21.
Prosecutors Say Marketplace Meetup Turned Violent
According to The Freeman, the victim had listed a pair of Cartier glasses for $900 and agreed to meet buyers in the 13600 block of West Capitol Drive last Tuesday. The criminal complaint alleges that when they met, Phipps grabbed the victim, took the glasses off his face and pulled him into a blue SUV while a front-seat passenger pointed a gun at the seller.
The victim suffered scrapes and cuts after falling from the vehicle. Officers say they later traced the SUV’s license plate to a Milwaukee apartment, where Veasley and a third man were seen removing the plates. Investigators recovered glasses that, according to the complaint, matched the pair reported stolen.
Defendants’ Statements And Bail
Phipps “denied taking part in a deal to buy the glasses and said he was never in the blue SUV,” the complaint states. A judge ordered Veasley held on $5,000 cash bail and Phipps on $15,000. Both men were ordered not to possess dangerous weapons and to have no contact with each other, the victim or the victim’s workplace…