At the January 28th 2025 Plan Commission meeting, Oak Creek leaders stated they contacted the OC
police and were informed that “very little crime is expected” based on Bucees reports. However, the
national news and local police reports from various Bucees sites depict a very different picture. There
are many crimes reported, from minor crimes to very serious crimes. Assaults, battery, shootings,
murder, escaped convicts, credit card skimmers, identity theft rings, personal injury lawsuits, car fires,
sexual harassment, sexual misconduct, racial discrimination, structural fires, deadly crashes,
fender/bender accidents, traffic backups, countless drug trafficking arrests, robbery by gunpoint, theft,
and mass shooting plots just to name a few from national news.
Speaking of crime, is our city council aware that this family business has it’s own association with serious
personal crimes that have been committed? The son of Bucees was arrested twice in the last six months.
Once for recording guests in a bathroom. Even more serious, within the last 2 weeks for child
pornography. One photo in his possession was a 7-year missing and exploited child. Is this the type of
business and association we want to bring to our family community? Oak Creek should not be in favor of
supporting businesses with members that have child pornography charges. This is NOT the image that
we want for a new business that is brought into our city.
Oak Creek is also located between two major cities with serious crime including child trafficking issues.
Kenosha has a clinic dedicated to children of abuse. In 2020 had 430 allegations of child sex trafficking
across Wisconsin. We should not be promoting a business that will attract these serious crimes or have
members engaged in it.
As the Mayor noted in January – We already have enough problem businesses here. During a City Council
Meeting that was held on February 19 th , 2025, Andrew Vickers stated “things that poll really well all the
time with the public is that we want ourselves, our families and our property to be safe”. He also added
that citizens are concerned that, ‘as we are growing, I hope we are maintaining the police and
firefighters on our streets”.
This falls on our City Council, to do their due diligence to research, investigate, plan and inform
Oak Creek police accurately of the crimes they have. Oak Creek leaders cannot look the other way as
Milwaukee and Chicago crime will most definitely come into our city as they are lured by a tourist trap.
A study performed by ceds.org reviewed the “relationship between violence and gas stations that serve
alcohol”. Those outlets reported a higher rate of violence regardless of neighborhood economic, ethic or
age status.” According to the FBI, gas stations and convenience stores are the 3 rd most common location
for robbery in the US. Especially those that are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are magnets
for crime. With the increased promotion to bring visitors from over a hundred miles away, this puts our
neighborhood near a serious safety risk.