Man made U-turn and intentionally 'crushed' roommate with Ford F-150, seen doing 'zig zag' maneuvers while victim was under car: Police

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 The intersection wherever  Martinez allegedly ran down   his roommate (Google Maps).

Inset: Chad Michael Martinez (Milwaukee County Jail). Background: The intersection wherever Martinez allegedly ran down his roommate (Google Maps).

A 54-year-old antheral successful Wisconsin is accused of sidesplitting his 50-year-old roommate by intentionally running him over successful a pickup motortruck successful the mediate of the afternoon, dragging the assemblage much than 100 feet successful beforehand of galore witnesses.

Chad Michael Martinez was taken into custody earlier this period and charged with 1 number of first-degree intentional homicide successful the slaying of John Bacher, tribunal records show.

According to a probable origin affidavit obtained by Law&Crime, officers with the Milwaukee Police Department astatine astir 5:15 p.m. connected Aug. 10 responded to the intersection of S. Muskego Avenue and W. Burnham Street regarding aggregate reports of a pedestrian being struck by a conveyance and suffering terrible injuries.

Upon arriving, officers located Bacher, who was already being treated by aesculapian unit with the Milwaukee Fire Department. Bacher was pronounced dormant portion being transported to a section hospital.

A witnesser told investigators that conscionable anterior to the collision, helium was "riding his tricycle" successful the country erstwhile helium spotted a beige Ford F-150 pickup motortruck adjacent the "El Jaliscience" car dealership, astir 2 blocks from the scene. He said the car caught his oculus due to the fact that helium was funny successful buying one. After stopping astatine a state station, the witnesser said helium spotted the aforesaid motortruck again arsenic the unfortunate was crossing Burnham Street connected foot. From the affidavit:

"[The witness] remained astatine the country waiting to transverse the thoroughfare and observed the F150 motortruck had made a U-turn connected Burnham St and was traveling westbound connected Burnham St towards Bacher. [The witness] observed Bacher crossing the thoroughfare and abruptly the F150 motortruck maneuvered astir a conveyance and accelerated towards Bacher and deliberately struck Bacher. [The witness] stated the operator was the aforesaid idiosyncratic helium had conscionable observed erstwhile the motortruck passed him. [The witness] observed the F150 did not halt upon striking Bacher, and alternatively continued to maneuver successful a 'zig-zag' manner and accelerate portion Bacher was crushed and stuck nether the vehicle, until Bacher was yet dislodged from beneath the conveyance connected the different broadside (west side) of the intersection. [The witness] indicated the operator of the F150 appeared to people Bacher by erstwhile much moving him over, past the F150 fled the country westbound connected Burnham St."

Following the incident, the witnesser said Bacher remained successful the thoroughfare and was "badly mangled."

Surveillance footage confirmed the witness's account, with constabulary saying "it was apparent" from the videos that Martinez "deliberately" targeted and intended to deed Bacher, whose assemblage was recovered "more than 100 feet" from wherever the archetypal collision took place.

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Police matched the trader plates connected the pickup motortruck to the "El Jaliscience" dealership and erstwhile they arrived astatine the address, they said they recovered the F-150 inactive moving successful the parking lot. Inside was a lone antheral — aboriginal identified arsenic Martinez — successful the driver's spot with his caput slumped back, eyes closed, and rima open.

Officers said Martinez "had a beardown odor of intoxicant and an odor of urine emanating from his person" arsenic helium "stumbled" retired of the car. A consequent trial allegedly showed helium had a humor intoxicant contented of 0.215, astir triple the bounds to ineligible run a centrifugal vehicle.

The F-150 besides had humor connected the bumper that constabulary said was "consistent with having tally implicit a person."

In an interview, Martinez said that Bacher was his roommate and workfellow astatine the El Jaliscience dealership, and that the 2 had known each different for 25 years. He besides claimed to person nary representation of moving Bacher down with the truck.

From the affidavit:

"Defendant stated helium and Bacher were astatine enactment (at "El Jaliscience") the nighttime earlier (Saturday night, August 9 into August 10) and returned location astir 9am connected the greeting of August 10. The Defendant stated helium past fell dormant and woke up astir 2:30pm and started drinking whiskey and thought helium drank astir a liter of whiskey. The Defendant stated that helium and Bacher past went to Pick N Save adjacent 76th & Cold Spring Road and past returned location astatine which clip the Defendant drank much whiskey and passed retired connected the couch. The Defendant stated that the adjacent happening helium remembers is the constabulary trying to get him to bash tract sobriety tests."

A justice acceptable Martinez's enslaved astatine $250,000 currency and scheduled his preliminary proceeding for the day of Aug. 25, records show.

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