The sheriff’s workplace overseeing the Wisconsin county the place a person was not too long ago charged with the demise and dismemberment of a 19-year-old girl needed to dispel rumors that the suspect was free on bond.
The Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Workplace posted messages to social media in all-caps stressing that 33-year-old Maxwell Anderson had not paid his bond, which was set at $5 million.
“FOR REASONS WE CAN’T FATHOM, IRRESPONSIBLE PEOPLE ARE LYING THIS EVENING, CLAIMING ACCUSED MURDERER MAXWELL ANDERSON HAS MADE BAIL. FALSE!” the sheriff’s workplace wrote on Fb Friday night.
The sheriff’s workplace additionally posted a message to X that continued to scold the general public for spreading the rumors.
“MAXWELL REMAINS IN CUSTODY ON $5 MILLION BAIL. SPREADING OTHERWISE IS INSANELY IRRESPONSIBLE, NO TO MENTION FALSE!” the X submit states.
Anderson remains to be in custody after being charged final week with first-degree intentional murder, mutilating a corpse, and arson in connection to the demise of 19-year-old Sade Robinson.
Robinson’s mom, Sheena Scarbrough, referred to as Anderson a “sick son of a bitch” after Anderson made his first court docket look final week.
“Sick son of a [expletive] harm my child. This sick son of a [expletive] goes to pay. That is justice for Sade,” Scarbrough informed native information shops. “Who the [expletive] would do one thing like this to my stunning child? She harm no one. She harmed no one.”
Robinson was reported lacking when involved co-workers referred to as police after she didn’t present up for her shift at a neighborhood pizza joint on April 2. Authorities then linked Anderson to Robinson after studying the pair went on their first date on April 1.
That very same day, detectives discovered her scorched automobile in an alley. Not solely was it set on fireplace, however the garments Robinson wore on the date have been discovered inside.
Shortly after discovering the automobile, police have been referred to as to a Lake Michigan seashore park the place somebody discovered a “sawn-off” leg. Different human stays have been additionally found in that space. Within the days after Robinson’s disappearance, investigators discovered one other severed physique half only a block away from the place her automobile was discovered.
Anderson was taken into custody on April 4 as an individual of curiosity after investigators searched his residence, nevertheless it took greater than per week for authorities to cost him after lastly connecting him to the physique elements and Robinson’s disappearance.
In keeping with a prison grievance, authorities discovered texts between Robinson and Anderson confirming they’d meet for dinner on April 1. Surveillance video additionally confirmed the pair consuming at a neighborhood seafood restaurant, then going to a bar earlier than heading to Anderson’s residence.
Investigators additionally tracked Robinson’s telephone to Anderson’s residence, then to a number of locations round Milwaukee, together with the seashore park the place the leg was discovered.
Surveillance footage from the park reveals a automobile matching Robinson’s and an individual strolling to the seashore from the automobile a number of occasions.
Robinson’s uncle stated his household is anguished by the 19-year-old’s demise.
“Sade was greater than an individual, she was an angel. Not having her proper now may be very painful,” David Scarbrough informed reporters. “We want justice for Sade. Me and my household won’t ever be OK. My sister and fogeys received’t cease shaking, and it ain’t as a result of they’re nervous. Think about attempting to bury your niece with no physique for the service. I would like justice for Sade.”
Investigators are nonetheless working to search out Robinson’s remaining physique elements. Assistant District Lawyer Ian Vance-Curzan stated Anderson went to “super lengths” to cowl up the “abhorrent” crimes he’s accused of.
“It’s the very best degree of violence possible,” Vance-Curzan stated.
Anderson’s neighbor informed the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that Anderson sometimes saved a low profile and was typically seen strolling his canines within the neighborhood. A supervisor at a bar the place Anderson labored described him as “well-liked” and a “good employee.”
Anderson is due again in court docket on April 22 for his preliminary listening to.
