BROOKFIELD, Wisconsin (WISN) — More than $1 million in tools was stolen from Milwaukee Tool, allegedly by an employee who shipped the tools to himself and others without paying, according to investigators.
Brookfield-based Milwaukee Tool, which celebrated its 100th anniversary last year and recently added a downtown Milwaukee corporate location, discovered the theft this spring.
According to a Brookfield police search warrant for bank records obtained by WISN 12 News, the employee at the corporate office is believed to have “created and deleted approximately 115 orders from late March 2024 to late March 2025. Of those orders, 109 shipments were delivered … resulting in a total loss of $1,086,263.85.”…