Overview
- The alleged break-in and beating took place Monday, July 27, and the 99-year-old victim remains hospitalized with multiple lacerations, bruising and two broken jaw bones.
- Police say surveillance video and a blood-stained gray hooded sweatshirt found inside the home link 23-year-old Joseph Guadalupe Macias to the scene and investigators reported no signs of theft.
- The Milwaukee County District Attorney charged Macias on July 31 with battery to an elder causing great bodily harm, first-degree reckless injury and burglary, carrying combined maximum penalties that exceed decades in prison and large fines.
- City records show a LifeAlert/third-party operator placed calls beginning about 5:15 a.m. but officers were not dispatched until after the victim called 911 directly around 7:51 a.m., prompting two DEC dispatchers to be placed on administrative leave.
- Milwaukee officials say the DEC review will examine how the initial third-party calls were handled, whether procedures were followed and what corrective actions are needed, and the criminal case will move forward in county court.