Accomplice arrested in Potter homicide case fingers shooter

April Licenses

At 2500 N BOOTH ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "A" MALT AND CIGARETTE & TOBACCO license was applied for on April 22, 2010 for MIDGET FOODS.

At 801 E CLARKE ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "B" TAVERN AND AMUSEMENT MACHINE PREMISES AND TAVERN DANCE AND BOWLING ALLEYS AND CIGARETTE & TOBACCO AND POOL TABLES AND PHONOGRAPH/JUKEBOX PREMISES license was applied for on April 21, 2010 for FALCON BOWL.

At 2402 N DOUSMAN ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "B" TAVERN AND AMUSEMENT MACHINE PREMISES AND CIGARETTE & TOBACCO AND POOL TABLES AND PHONOGRAPH/JUKEBOX PREMISES license was applied for on April 21, 2010 for THE SQUIRREL CAGE.

At 501 E BURLEIGH ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "B" TAVERN AND POOL TABLES AND PHONOGRAPH/JUKEBOX PREMISES license was applied for on April 16, 2010 for DELONEY'S LOUNGE.

At 533 E CENTER ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "B" TAVERN AND TAVERN DANCE AND CIGARETTE & TOBACCO AND POOL TABLES license was applied for on April 15, 2010 for THE MAD PLANET.

At 2630 B N HUMBOLDT BL. , a NEW AUTO WRECKER license was applied for on April 7, 2010 for GUARDS ON DUTY.

At 505 E CAPITOL DR. , a RENEWAL SECONDHAND MOTOR VEHICLE DEALER license was applied for on April 8, 2010 for U-HAUL CO OF WISCONSIN.

At 900 E CENTER ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "B" TAVERN AND AMUSEMENT MACHINE PREMISES AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC AND RECORD SPIN license was applied for on April 7, 2010 for QUARTERS.

At 1020 E LOCUST ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "B" TAVERN AND AMUSEMENT MACHINE PREMISES AND TAVERN DANCE AND CIGARETTE & TOBACCO license was applied for on April 7, 2010 for THE TRACKS.

At 920 E LOCUST ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "B" TAVERN AND AMUSEMENT MACHINE PREMISES AND TAVERN DANCE AND POOL TABLES AND PHONOGRAPH/JUKEBOX PREMISES license was applied for on April 27, 2010 for KLINGER'S EAST.

And in Harambee:
At 3853 N RICHARDS ST. , a RENEWAL CLASS "B" TAVERN AND AMUSEMENT MACHINE PREMISES AND CIGARETTE & TOBACCO license was applied for on April 7, 2010 for VALENT'S BAR.

Accomplice arrested in Potter homicide case fingers shooter

Wednesday, 09 September 2009 - Dan Knauss

News

Shooter with criminal record rented from absentee landlords and struck again 12 hours later at nuisance property with another East Side owner

Police have arrested a suspect, Derek J. Thomas (19) AKA "D" of 2509A N. Pierce in connection with the murder of Nathan Potter on 2500 N. Dousman St. on July 6. Between Thomas's statements to police along with witnesses on Dousman and at a second shooting, Seandell Jackson (18) has been identified as Potter's killer and is wanted by police on two counts of intentional homicide and one count of attempted homicide. According to the Journal Sentinel," Thomas told police Jackson said he shot Nathan because he had no money."

Police are still trying to locate Jackson and have added him to the current Milwaukee's Most Wanted poster. 2335 N. Booth in Milwaukee (Riverwest) is Jackson's last known address. Jackson seems to have been a newcomer to Milwaukee this year, since he has recent prior arrests and home addresses in Sheboygan Falls and Green Bay. In January he was arrested and briefly jailed for carrying a concealed weapon. Last year he spent a month in the House of Corrections for resisting or obstructing and officer.

The second shooting Jackson is accused of committing occurred at 2324 N. Holton exactly 12 hours later, allegedly at Jackson's girlfriend's residence in a rear cottage. The victim ended up in a 2200 N. Buffum St. alley. 2324-25 N. Holton is a chronic nuisance property, and the most recent complaint record the Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS) has for it is an inspection request for possible abandonment. The recorded property owner is Daryl C. Brockman, an Upper East Side resident. The Booth property is also owned by Upper East Side residents.

From the Journal:

On Tuesday, detectives arrested Thomas, alias "D", on municipal warrants, and he told them he and Jackson met up on July 5 and decided to do some robberies because Jackson needed money, and had a gun. Later that night, they were casing a tavern on Dousman when they saw Potter walking in the 2500 block of N Dousman St. about 1a.m.

According to Thomas, while he acted as a lookout, Jackson approached Potter and shot him with a .45 caliber handgun. Then they pair ran back to Thomas' house on N. Pierce St. and played video games, Thomas told police.

Thomas has been at his Pierce St. address for at least a year; he received municipal citations for possession of marijuana last July at this location. He received another citation for possession this February at 8935 W. Monrovia among multiple other citations at Riverwest locations in early 2009.

How about some TENANT SCREENING and nuisance property abatement?

Set as favorite

Bookmark

Email this

Trackback(0)

TrackBack URI for this entry

Comments (4)

Subscribe to this comment's feed

Show/hide comments

...

It looks like the Derek Thomas who was arrested may not be to same Derek Thomas who has pending cases in Madison, as they have different dates of birth. It does appear however that he did live on the same block as us on the 2500 block of Pierce, which would explain the police activity on Tuesday night.

Nora Trinidad-Scholle , September 10, 2009 at 5:15 PM

You are correct

Thanks Nora; must be a different guy. I see now that Thomas has been picked up on municipal tickets a bunch of times at Riverwest addresses for a few years and has lives at that Pierce location for at least a year. Funny thing is, there's no 2509 N. Pierce in Compass or the assessor or DNS databases.

Dan Knauss , September 12, 2009 at 1:46 PM

Shooter has been caught

"Seandell Jackson, 18, was arrested late Monday afternoon in Gulfport, Miss."
http://www.jsonline.com/news/m...1427.html

Turned in by an uncle and possibly a Milwaukee tipster:
http://www.fox6now.com/news/witi-090916-riverwest-murder-uncle,0,5146558.story

Guest , September 16, 2009 at 4:01 PM

...

What's really sad is not only did we lose Nathan but we lost 2 more young african american men!! I know Derek, he would not have normaly done something like this, he is VERY easily influenced!! Keep in mine, we all lost someone in this crime, it's sad all the way around!!!

Christie , October 07, 2009 at 3:46 AM