Timothy Olson was also wanted for questioning in a woman's death. A Wisconsin man accused of financially preying on women he met on dating apps, and is wanted for questioning in connection with the death of a woman he was with when she collapsed at a bar, has been taken into custody, police said.
Police had warned the public to be on the lookout for Timothy Olson, 52, for several weeks. He was being sought by multiple police departments in the Milwaukee area, including one with a warrant out for his arrest for alleged personal ID theft. Another warned that Olson "has met women on dating apps and victimizes them, resulting in financial loss. Amid attempts to locate him, Olson was spotted in Franklin, a city in Milwaukee County, Monday night at a business on South 27th Street, police said.
Call immediately to report his location. An "observant" officer spotted a man believed to be Olson on the street Tuesday morning around a. As officers approached, he fled into a nearby condominium complex and after a "brief struggle" was tased and taken into custody, Oliva said.
Olson faces charges of kidnapping, burglary and identity theft in connection with an incident in Franklin involving a year-old woman on Nov.
After a woman declined his offer for a drink at a local bar, Olson later allegedly approached her in the parking lot with a gun and forced her into her car and "held her for a number of hours," including forcing her to drive to at least one ATM, Oliva said.
