Mall Security Pepper Sprayed While Trying to Detain Suspected Shoplifter

Authorities say after stuffing a bag with stolen merchandise from a Southridge department store, a Milwaukee woman sprayed mall security with pepper spray when she was confronted at the store exit.

A 26-year-old Milwaukee woman faces state charges after police say she sprayed mall security with pepper spray as she attempted to flee a Southridge mall store with a bag of stolen items. Bythia Davis was charged May 15 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court with one misdemeanor count of retail theft and one felony count of use of Oleoresin Capsicum spray, also known as pepper spray, in commission of a crime. If convicted, Davis could face up to six years and nine months imprisonment, $20,000 in fines, or both. According to the criminal complaint: On May 11 at 1:54 p.m., Greendale police received a report of a retail theft at Sears in Southridge Mall, 5300 N. 76th St.  A security officer with the department store told police he observed Davis …

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Five Menu Items to Try at LongHorn Steakhouse

The new restaurant by Southridge Mall on 76th Street has been open since April 29. If you haven't been there yet or not sure what to order, here are a few suggestions.

Ever go to a restaurant, look at the expansive menu and have no clue what to order? Brandon Zieg, Managing Partner of LongHorn Steakhouse, 5220 S. 76th St., the newest restaurant on the 76th Street shopping corridor near Southridge Mall, has a few suggestions for you. Check out this short video, and tell us in the comments below what looks good. Already been to LongHorn? Tell us what your favorite item was.

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Three Treated After Woman Uses Pepper Spray in Southridge

A woman fighting with security was arrested, while paramedics from three communities assisted in treating people exposed to the pepper spray.

Three people were treated after a woman discharged pepper spray at Southridge Mall about 1:55 p.m. May 11, according to the Greendale Police Department call sheet.  The woman was resisting security in the food court near Rocky Rococo and was taken into custody for retail theft, police said. Paramedics from Greendale, Greenfield and Hales Corners arrived at the scene to treat people exposed to the pepper spray, including one person with asthma and heart history and a pregnant woman with abdominal pain.

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Construction of U.S. Cellular across from Southridge Mall Begins

The new store is being built on a Walmart outlot on 76th Street in Greendale and should be completed this summer.

Construction of the new U.S. Cellular store on 76th Street in Greendale began this week on an outlot of Walmart. The new store, which replaces a smaller store in Greenfield at the corner of 76th Street and Edgerton Avenue, is expected to be completed this summer. Chick-fil-A will occupy the other outlot to the south, but the chain restaurant is not expected to be built until sometime next year. U.S. Cellular's opening is the latest addition to the the 76th Street commercial corridor.

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Trio of Heroes Save Man's Life at Southridge Mall

A Greendale police detective, a mall security sergeant and a citizen helped save the life of 61-year-old Loreto Piczon, who suffered a heart attack while walking in the mall.

Since coming from California to Wisconsin to visit his daughter, Loreto Piczon had become a mall walker at Southridge, doing laps around the mall with dozens other before stores open. One lap in late March was nearly Piczon’s last. At approximately 9:45 a.m. March 30, Piczon, 61, suffered what should have been a life-taking heart attack. Should have been, had it not been for an alert and capable trio. Mall security Sgt. Joel Rose was one of the first men to reach Piczon after a citizen dialed 911. He immediate began performing CPR by providing Piczon with emergency breathing. He was also quick to request an automated exterior defibrillator. Lawrence Shikes of Milwaukee saw what was going on and after finding another citizen to tend to his …

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LongHorn Steakhouse Now Open Near Southridge

Village officials and the restaurant staff celebrated the grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday.

With a line of initial customers lined up outside the door, LongHorn Steakhouse opened for business Monday. The new restaurant, the third LongHorn to open in Wisconsin, is the newest addition to 76th Street and Southridge Mall area. At 5220 S. 76th St., LongHorn, along with Panda Express just to the south, have replaced the former Leath Furniture building. Village officials celebreated the grand opening with restaurant staff during a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event.

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What Will 76th Street's Next 'Big Thing' Be?

The stretch from Greenfield's northern border to Grange Avenue in Greendale has been revitalized over the last two years, but there could be more additions, changes to come.

LongHorn Steakhouse's Grand Opening Days Away

The newest Greendale restaurant, just outside of Southridge Mall, is scheduled to open at 11 a.m. Monday, April 29, following a ceremonial ribbon-cutting.

Chick-fil-A Coming to Greendale Later Than Expected

The restaurant was initially believed to be headed to 76th Street this summer. But that's not the case, the company now says.

It appears Chick-fil-A, the national chicken restaurant chain, is still coming to Greendale. Just not as soon as previously expected. Village officials approved the building of a 4,779-square-foot Chick-fil-A for one of the Walmart outlots back in October 2012. At that time, Chick-fil-A representatives indicated the 109-seat restaurant with a drive-through, outdoor seating and indoor playground would be built by July or August on South 76th Street, just across the street from Southridge Mall. Brenda Morrow, with the Atlanta-based restaurant’s public relations department, however, said no Greendale restaurant plans are in the works this year. “Too soon to communicate anything other than we plan to come to Greendale in 2014,” Morrow said in …

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