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There was a manhunt for a bank robbery suspect in Oconomowoc. Authorities issued a shelter in place alert for part of Oconomowoc on June 29, 2021, and a large police response in the area of I-94 and Pabst Farms. I-94 was closed at Highway 67 so officers could search for an armed robbery suspect. According to scanner traffic, law enforcement was using drones to look for the suspect. The suspect was described on the scanner as being under 6 foot tall, heavyset, wearing a black hoodie, black pants, and skinnier fitting pants. He had on a black face mask, sunglasses and a bandanna at some point. His race was given as white. Waukesha State Bank's Oconomowoc branch was robbed at 1227 Corporate Center Drive. "Watching the video here, he has a light blue blag that he put the money in. He is wearing all black, but it definitely is a white male," an officer said at one point. Police would only officially say it was an "active investigation." Some Oconomowoc

Chief James Pfister, of the City of Oconomowoc Police Department, reported that the suspect “in the strong-armed robberies and bank robbery on June 29, 2021, in the City of Oconomowoc was identified as Kaia Mueller.” Mueller was “taken into custody without incident in Sauk County on June 30, 2021,” the statement said. “The City of Oconomowoc Police department was continuing to investigate various leads as to the whereabouts of Mueller an d his potential location. While conducting follow-up on these leads, we were dispatched to a hit and run traffic crash on June 30, 2021, around the area of Highway 67 and Valley Road. The hit and run suspect vehicle matched Mueller’s vehicle.” Kaia Mueller has a previous conviction for robbery of a financial institution as a repeater. He was given an eight-year sentence with four years of confinement and four years of extended supervision in 2016. His address at that time was given as Elkhorn. Police said that witness information provided “